#l a

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity. ↗

— Zoltan Kodaly

#art #benefactor #forces #humanity #mankind

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#gospel #gospel artists #message #messengers #vessels

I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#back #came #communicating #differently #each

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#baptist #church #compared #culture #go

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility. ↗

— Michael Korda

#accept #analysis #any #final #final analysis

My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#around #begged #beyond #choosing #could

I've studied, I've traveled the world, but the most important things I've learned in Italy making the round of workshops with my grandfather Dante. When it comes to leather, he was a real artist - he could sniff out the best immediately. ↗

— Nicola Trussardi

#best #comes #could #dante #grandfather

English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it. ↗

— Leon Uris

#aspects #born #buy #course #english

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#also #america #build #companion #compliment

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#conclusion #could #horrible #makes #me