Adam Lara Quotes & Sayings

Shklovsky, "Art as Technique" (1917)
Art exists that one may recover the sensation of life; it exists to make one feel things, to
make the stone
stony
. The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are
perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects
"unfamiliar," to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception
because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged.
Art
is a way of experiencing the artfulness of an object; the object is not important. — Elizabeth Bishop

I'm always happy to be a part of history. When you're a part of history, you live forever. 'The T.A.M.I. Show' will live forever because now it's brand new. We did that 40-odd years ago, and people are really starting to see it now. I was a part of history when I recorded that show. — Darlene Love

Humans are naturally elusioned in discrimination; it starts when we look for the first time in mirror — M.F. Moonzajer

But Colin's only understanding of love was of limitless loyalty, boundless tolerance: — J.K. Rowling

I am so tried by the things said about God. I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how he can be so patient with the pious! — George MacDonald

When you start a company, it's a singular focus. You have the wind at your back. — Howard Schultz

I am a horror movie buff, man. In real life, I am proudly an official coward. — Cameron Jace

Are you like all other men after all? The poor should have no justice, just as they have no food, no decent shelter, no regular livelihood? Is that how your saviour Jesus treated the poor? — Jeanette Winterson