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“Walking rapidly - or even slowly - through a gallery is equivalent to browsing through a bookstore and reading the blurbs.”

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Wendy Beckett

Wendy Beckett, born on February 25, 1930, is an accomplished television presenter known for her unique hosting style and in-depth analysis of news events. more

“He [Bernardo Bertolucci] has the kind of talent that breaks one's heart: where can it go, what will happen to it? In this country we encourage 'creativity' among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow 'too much.' Well, Before the Revolution is too much and that is what is great about it. Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.”

Wells Heart Kind Art Real Country Enough Happens Break Creativity Too Much Talent Revolution Quantity Mediocre Bursting Undisciplined

Author:Pauline Kael

“I wouldn't say that The Fabric of the Cosmos is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality.”

Mean Book Play Bigs Reality Understanding Space Majors Evolve Theme Cosmos Fabric Time And Space Cosmology

Author:Brian Greene

“in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can be useful to him, because there's no difference.”

Ifs Thinking Shows Differences Business Asking Likes Show Business

Author:Pauline Kael

“if you think it so easy to be a critic, so difficult to be a poet or a painter or film experimenter, may I suggest you try both? You may discover why there are so few critics, so many poets.”

Ifs Thinking Trying May Film Easy Difficult Poet Critics Painter

Book:For Keeps

Source: For Keeps

“Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition.”

Hero Definitions Loner Protagonists

Author:Pauline Kael

“Writers who go to Hollywood still follow the classic pattern: either you get disgusted by 'them' and you leave or you want the money and you become them.”

Want Stills Hollywood Patterns Classic Disgusted

Author:Pauline Kael

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