Contaldo Marinara Quotes & Sayings

The artist makes his living by pretending, by putting it in a meaningful hole though no such holes exist. — Kurt Vonnegut

Now look. You stand well. Good profile. Listen, lad, how would you like to be in moving pictures?'
'Er,' said Victor. 'No. I don't think so.'
The man gaped at him.
'You did hear what I said, didn't you?' he said. 'Moving pictures?'
'Yes.'
'Everyone wants to be in moving pictures!'
'No, thanks,' said Victor, politely. 'I'm sure it's a worthwhile job, but moving pictures doesn't sound very interesting to me. — Terry Pratchett

What? We feel aesthetic pleasure at a sonata by Beethoven and not at one with the same style and charm if it comes from one of our own contemporaries? Isn't that the height of hypocrisy? So then the sensation of beauty is not spontaneous, spurred by our sensibility, but instead is cerebral, conditioned by our knowing a date?
No way around it: historical consciousness is so thoroughly inherent in our perception of art that this anachronism (a Beethoven piece written today) would be spontaneously (that is, without the least hypocrisy) felt to be ridiculous, false, incongruous, even monstrous. Our feeling for continuity is so strong that it enters into the perception of any work of art. — Milan Kundera

Amid the stirring and manifold activities of the age in which we live, to be neutral in the strife is to rank with the enemies of the Saviour. There is no greater foe to the spread of His cause in the world than the placid indifferentism which is too honorable to betray, while it is too careless or too cowardly to join Him. — William Morley Punshon

Whether in light touches or for a more glamorous look, I never go out without make-up - even if it's only a lick of mascara. And I always wear perfume, a light or more intense version. — Dree Hemingway

Human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create. — John Pugsley

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer. — Ansel Elgort

I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again. — Rosie O'Donnell

Democracy is a danger to any powerful group. — Noam Chomsky

But maybe if he got close to me I could feel something. Maybe I could cry and the ache would go away. — Cynthia Hand

Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative. — Jerry Harrison

Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds. — Katy Perry