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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#future #only #predict #shape #way

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#artist #contact #creates #creation #different

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#argue #else #nature #own #your

A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#arisen #could #dramatists #english #essence

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really inspired by all those guys. That's when writing became a primary focus. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#classics #exposed #focus #great #guys

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#i #myself #pictures #rather #realm

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#consumed #first #i #moment #picture

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#event #first #major #picture #premiere

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#fun #going #knew #making #never

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations. ↗

— David Gerrold

#does #immune #laws #mean #operations