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“One has to choose a word in English. If you want to be eligible for a literary prize you have to designate it as something.”

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Robert Dessaix

Robert Dessaix, born on February 17, 1944, is an acclaimed Australian novelist known for his delicate emotions and profound reflections in his works. His novels primarily explore themes of personal identity, cultural identity, and moral ethics. more

“I did spend about 5 years in the Griffin Theatre Company in 1978 actually , and worked therefore about 5 years on a voluntary basis. This was very much as a amateur, doing things like mopping the floor, handling props, setting up scenery, etc. I never acted, and don't think I'm an actor, but those years in the theatre taught me a lot about professional theatre.”

Thinking Years Actors Company Taught Bases Theatre Setting Settings Etc Props Scenery Mopping

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“I've always had a fascination for the stage which has to do with transfiguration. One moment you are John Smith from East Brighton riding in your cart, and the next moment you are in a completely different world.”

World Different Moments Next Stage East Riding Fascination Different Worlds Carts Transfiguration Brighton John Smith

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“Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.”

Art Empty Catholic Filled Hippo

Book:Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [50 Books]

Source: Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [50 Books]

“In the theatre, you are in love with what is on the stage, with the moment. You just don't get that with movies or videos, or TV, where you know that what you are seeing is repeatable.”

Knows Moments Seeing Stage Tvs Theatre Video

Author:Robert Dessaix

“The extraordinarily facile and in literary terms long lived works tend to be about ordinary people. Even Sappho writes about the utterly insignificant . What art can do is make the extraordinary more ordinary and ordinary more extraordinary.”

People Writing Long Art Term Can Do Ordinary Extraordinary Insignificant Ordinary People Literary Terms

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“You turn your life into a work of art in order to redeem the ordinariness - a condition you are stuck with.”

Art Order Turns Conditions Stuck Works Of Art Ordinariness

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“I think that a lot of people do have a physical Ithaca, but I don't think that I do and I think that a lot of people do not. This depends on your values and the circumstances of your life. My Ithaca is in the Mental realm and this doesn't mean that you don't have to go back to it.”

People Thinking Mean Values Depends Circumstances Realms

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