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“Art is edited truth — edited to give it shape, rhythm, speed and punch. I've quoted the Communist dictum before: "If it isn't art, it isn't propaganda." Art is skill in the service of passion.”
― Stephen Sondheim, Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany

“At home in Albuquerque, I can sense the mountains, all the time. Like even when I'm not looking at it, I feel it. It's always there, in the east. Like a wall at my back, holding me up. Steadying me. If I'd been born here instead, maybe the ocean would be like that for me. Maybe I'd always feel the water churning in the west.”
― Shannon C.F. Rogers, Eighteen Roses

“But then I get that feeling I do, to make art is selfish. To art is forgetful, even if what I try to forget still finds its way on the canvas; even in its absence, I am avoiding it all, wanting everything else I’ve never had. …”
― Ari Tison, Saints of the Household

“Okay, so can I really TRUST ANYONE?

Well, it can be difficult to decide who to trust. If you're not sure if you can trust a source, ask a librarian. Librarians are trained to help you find reliable information.”
― Elise Gravel