#arts

Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe. ↗

— Dario Fo

#before #conceived #connecting #countries #culture

I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it. ↗

— Glenn Ford

#any #anything #assistant #go #had

The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching. ↗

— Helen Garner

#college #degree #equipped #get #i

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ↗

— Irv Kupcinet

#day #diet #new #optimist #person

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#black #black and white #build #inside #moral

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#get #going #hoped #i #just

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine. ↗

— Rita Dove

#been #every #go #had #i

My time of martial arts was traditional. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#martial #martial arts #my time #time #traditional

Well, I'm eventually gonna take the Daryl Hannah parts. ↗

— Gilbert Gottfried

#gonna #hannah #i #parts #take

A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know? ↗

— Gotye

#aspect #because #big #brain #collecting