#is

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#carries #coming #confidence #contact #conviction

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#because #clearly #constitution #control #create

The first day of shooting I walk up to Christopher Walken, and I said, Should I call you Mr. Walken or Chris? He goes, "Call me Flash." ↗

— Michael Rosenbaum

#chris #christopher #day #first #flash

When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#pain #wisdom #life

Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists. ↗

— Alfred Rosenberg

#blood #conversely #downfall #great #heroes

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#around #become #dominant #especially #europe

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse. ↗

— Valentino Rossi

#being famous #driving #famous #far #ferrari

I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#around #being #dreamt #editors #finished

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#art #artist #authentic #conform #every

To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two hour movie, you're inventing a world, you're inventing characters. If they're interesting enough, they should be compelling enough to go for five more episodes. How incredibly frustrating would it be to just do one movie? ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#characters #compelling #creative #energy #enough