#pa

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#confined #confined space #much #pedestal #prison

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. ↗

— George Steiner

#event #every #honing #impact #individual

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#award #back #being #best #call

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#audition #first #i #i think #lot

Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#asked #commercials #could #cousin #doing

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

#capable #chess #during #evil #game

I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

#capable #during #evil #game #good

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. ↗

— Frank Stella

#aim #art #compromised #create #decoration

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere. ↗

— Frank Stella

#just #out #painting #sculpture #somewhere

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall. ↗

— Frank Stella

#against #become #best #gestures #had