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“Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision.”

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Herbert Read

Herbert Read was a British poet, critic, and philosopher, known for his contributions to aesthetics and advocacy for the arts. His work often delved into themes of social justice and the role of the artist in society. more

“The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise of judgement, sensibility, and skill. The romanticist cannot be satisfied with such a normal standard; for him art is essentially irrational - an experience beyond normality, sometimes destructive of normality, and at the very least evocative of that state of wonder which is the state of mind induced by the immediately inexplicable.”

“If modern art has produced symbols that are unfamiliar, that was only to be expected.”

Ifs Art Modern Expected Symbols Unfamiliar Modern Art

Author:Herbert Read

“The importance of a warm up and cool down can't be stressed enough.”

Enough Importance Warm Stressed Cool Down

Author:Jamie Redknapp

“We have the authority to take action, but responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action.”

Mean Able Action Knowing Authority Responsible

Author:Janet Reno

“But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child. Indeed, if we were to start judging parents on the basis of their political beliefs, we would change the concept of family for the rest of time.”

Ifs Want Children Political Father Belief Parent Judging Concepts Bases Raises Political Beliefs

Author:Janet Reno

“The diesel engine industry has illegally poured millions of tons of pollution into the air, .. It's time for the industry to clean up its act, and it's time for it to clean up the air.”

Millions Air Industry Clean Engines Pollution Cleanliness Diesel

Author:Janet Reno

“Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters.”

Coward

Author:Janet Reno

“It doesn't matter to criminals if the event is called a gun show or a flea market -- if they can buy guns.”

Ifs Matter Shows Events Gun Criminals Fleas Flea Markets

Author:Janet Reno

“The Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do? Now that can produce debate, and I want it to be spirited debate. I want the lawyers of America to be able to call me and tell me: Janet, have you lost your mind?”

Want Mind Able America Success Lost Justice Produce Asking Committed Lawyer Debate Things To Do Right Thing Department Call Me Spirited Lost Your Mind

Author:Janet Reno

“I was one of those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.”

Ifs Book Would Be Kids Reading Sitting My Family Corners Bars Funeral Procedures Unnoticed Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah

Author:Neil Gaiman

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