“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition— and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation— and to the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity that knits together the loneliness of innumerable hearts, to the solidarity in dreams, in joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, in illusions, in hope, in fear, which binds men to each other, which binds together all humanity— the dead to the living and the living to the unborn.”
― The Nigger of the Narcissus
― The Nigger of the Narcissus
“If you're going to perform inception, you need imagination.
You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject's mind. Subtle art.”
― Inception: The Shooting Script
You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject's mind. Subtle art.”
― Inception: The Shooting Script
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
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