#classic

One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name. ↗

— George Saintsbury

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I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#before #characters #classic #direct #doing

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#buff #classical #classical music #designer #great

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. ↗

— Hu Shih

#announced #begin #classical #experiments #friends

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#eventually #i #keyboards #led #park

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#am #being #between #classic #difference

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything. ↗

— Carly Simon

#classical #everything #father #just #mother

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. ↗

— Nina Simone

#because #classical #classical music #dedicated #excellence

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

#classical #classical music #define #jazz #music

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. ↗

— Nina Simone

#become #black #choices #classic #classical