#classic

Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.' 'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.' 'Before which Dorian? The one who is pouring out tea for us, or the one in the picture?' 'Before either.' 'I should like to come to the theatre with you, Lord Henry,' said the lad. 'Then you shall come; and you will come, too, Basil, won't you?' 'I can't, really. I would sooner not. I have a lot of work to do.' 'Well, then you and I will go alone, Mr. Gray.' 'I should like that awfully.' The painter bit his lip and walked over, cup in hand, to the picture. 'I shall stay with the real Dorian,' he said, sadly. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#fiction #life

I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era. ↗

— Fred Savage

#classic #era #especially #i #i love

Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics and nonfiction accounts from actors, directors and writers from the '40s and '50s. ↗

— Fred Savage

#been #classics #directors #everything #forget

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes). ↗

— Ovid

#latin #change

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity. ↗

— Arthur Cohn

#chose #classics #experience #i #integrity

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. ↗

— Max Eastman

#bears #caprice #chance #classic #modern

I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever. ↗

— Michael Emerson

#blessed #broadway #classic #doing #dreams

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie. ↗

— Enya

#classical composers #composers #i #listen #tend

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#give #him #left #our #own

Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers. ↗

— Brian Greene

#bend #classical #classical composers #composers #like