Florestan Aria Quotes & Sayings

The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in itself, he is going to take great pains to control every excess, everything that does not contribute to this central meaning and design. He cannot indulge in sentimentality, in propagandizing, or in pornography and create a work of art, for all these things are excesses. They call attention to themselves and distract from the work as a whole. — Flannery O'Connor

I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship. — Kobe Bryant

You cannot light up all the caves. Behave like a sun! Send your light unto everything! It remains up to them to let the light inside their darkness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years. — Mike Schmoker

Not Mr. Rasmussen. Call me Dom. I really think we should be on a first-name basis, since you know that I strip off my suit every night and get into bed wearing nothing at all.". — Avery Flynn

For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may enjoy them. — Joseph Smith Jr.