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The art of cinema begins with scraping the chewing gum off the seats. ↗

— Theodore Roszak

#art

Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#beauty #bias #bourgeois #capitalism #creativity

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity. ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#problems #art

…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #courage

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't squeak. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#haunted #house #life #tom-robbins #art

There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter’s laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it’s true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too. ↗

— Tom Jones

#paradox #the-fantasticks #music

An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#mindfulness #psychology #art

Shining like a work of art Hanging on a wall of stars Are you what I think you are? You're my satellite You're riding with me tonight Passenger side, lighting the sky Always the first star that I find You're my satellite Elevator to the moon Whistling our favorite tune Trying to get a closer view You're my satellite You're riding with me tonight Passenger side, lighting the sky Always the first star that I find You're my satellite Maybe you will always be Just a little out of reach ↗

— Guster

#guster #music #satellite #art

Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really - we are in the realm of the sacred. We are involved with forces and energies larger than our own. We are engaged in a sacred transaction of which we know only a little: the shadow, not the shape. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#julia-cameron #art

We're supposed to strive for harmony, and that's what the art of tea is supposed to accomplish... but harmony is very, very difficult to achieve in this country. Tea ceremony is powerless. But it's also not such a bad thing either. You should enjoy it while you can. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#government #harmony #tea-ceremony #art