What did Gregory Maguire mean by: I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that’s almost the same thing. - Gregory Maguire Copy
+ The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Civilized, Entertainment, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ Forgive us our trespasses,” says Margarethe, “and get out of our way. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Forgiving, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ The truth isn’t a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Agreement, Fact, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Eye, Light, Shadow, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[…]None of us breaks free. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Bounds, Break, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Blood, Evil, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ at least i’m talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Cold, Shoulders, 0 - Gregory Maguire
+ It’s the work that’s important, not the individual who does it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gregory Maguire, Important, Individual, 0 - Gregory Maguire
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France