"Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable."

-- John Masefield

#Art Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Mind Quotes

“So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.”
“You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility and deep respect.”
“I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.”

Source : Interview with John Thornhill, Peggy Hollinger, Martin Arnold, www.ft.com. February 2, 2007.
“If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else.”
“Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world.”
“Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.”
“The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom; that is to say, of a spectral shade.”

Source : Gaston Leroux (2014). “The Phantom of the Opera By Gaston Leroux”, BookRix
“I think I've got a funny face.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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