#mate

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#improves #material #never #quite #same

Not only has this subject been long associated with the ideas of thinking men over the ages but its practical importance is attested to by the huge resources of men and material thrown into this type of work. ↗

— Robert Hofstadter

#associated #been #huge #ideas #importance

You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope. ↗

— Hal Holbrook

#anything #go #into #kaleidoscope #mark

As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#astonishing #been #changed #climate #five

It's just hard. I wish the studios felt there was more value in these themes and these pieces of material - that they're worth protecting more. Because then it just wouldn't happen. If the studios cared, the stuff would be stopped in a second. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#cared #felt #happen #hard #i

What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me. ↗

— William Kraft

#filtered #heroes #i #learned #me

There is a very intimate connection between hypnotic phenomena and religion. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#connection #hypnotic #intimate #phenomena #religion

I think I'm better than I was in my younger days, because I'm exploring deep lyrical material, and I've been sober for a while now. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

#been #better #days #deep #exploring

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. ↗

— Basil Hume

#confidence #easter #gift #god #goodness

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. ↗

— Billy Joel

#always #am #artist #back #because