#ate

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

#anything #arts #being #belief #devotes

Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#attempt #black #black community #civil #civil rights

Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called "they" - you can never get around it. ↗

— Henry Hampton

#been #done #food #get #history

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#befall #entrenched #fate #man #negation

Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us! ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#being #carried #doubt #good #heaven

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#carefree #explains #free state #happy #houses

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#ears #indicated #me #music #talent

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#go #i #into #me #motivates

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#art #come #down #farthest #got

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#bird #built #call #consciousness #could