"In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role."

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes

“Baseball has traditionally possessed a wonderful lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its most loved manager, Casey Stengel, spoke gibberish. In this lazy sport, only the pitcher pours sweat. Then he takes three days off.”

Source : Thomas Boswell (1984). “Why Time Begins on Opening Day”, Doubleday Books
“Interviewer: [What do you get up to] In real time? Brian Molko: I go on Placebo sites and have a terrible time trying to convince fans it's actually me. No one ever believes it. I've spent about four hours, giving away intimate details about myself that I'd never tell a journalist, in an effort to prove that it's me.”
“I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.”
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”

Source : Attributed in "The Everything Digital Photography Book" by E.T. Schoch, (p. 105), 2002.
“You know what, man? I am going to literally â€” if (Palin) gets elected president, I am going to hang out on the grassy knoll all the time, just loaded and ready â€” because you know what? Itâ€™s for my country. Itâ€™s for my country. If I got to sacrifice myself, itâ€™s for my country.”
“You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.”
“Man screams from the depths of his soul; the whole era becomes a single, piercing shriek. Art also screams, into the deep darkness, screams for help, screams for the spirit. This is Expressionism.”
“I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.”

Source : "Etta James' New Lease Of Life", www.sfgate.com. August 22, 2003.

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