#unnecessary

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population. ↗

— Duong Van Minh

#avoid #bloodshed #ceremony #discuss #government

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge. ↗

— John Corigliano

#challenge #composers #concert #concert hall #enormous

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#perhaps #role #uncertain #undefined #unnecessary

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not? ↗

— Arthur Miller

#am #art #better #certain #certain age

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese. ↗

— Duong Van Minh

#avoid #believe #blood #firmly #i

Listen, I'm 41 years old. I've got two kids. I've got a career. The last thing I need to be doing is having a beef with A Tribe Called Quest. It's silly and it was unnecessary. It ain't the first time that a director hasn't seen eye to eye with a subject and it ain't going to be the last time. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#beef #called #career #director #doing

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ↗

— Carl Reiner

#find #freezing #i #like #lot

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#air #bad #careers #enough #filled

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#elimination #unnecessary