“Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.
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― True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
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― True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
“Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“They’re rather sweet together. In some ways they are more like twins than lovers. They have that utter trust in each other; that dependence on the other half to make a proper whole.”
― The Daughter of Time
― The Daughter of Time
“Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.”
― The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
― The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
“All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
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