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“For me, it's just a normal artistic endeavour to explore the dark side. Certainly, I'm not alone in it. Artists generally don't like to accept the version of reality that society and culture hand them. They want to know what's really going on. So you're always looking in the ceilings, under the floorboards and behind the walls, trying to find the mechanisms, the structures, and the truth. I find that often leads you into some dark places.”

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David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg is a Canadian filmmaker widely recognized as the pioneer of body horror and a key figure in cyberpunk cinema. Born on March 15, 1943, in Toronto, he is known for his dark, thought-provoking films exploring themes of physical transformation, technology's impact on humanity, and the boundaries of human identity. His notable works include Scanners, The Brood, Videodrome, Dead Ringers, A History of Violence, and Eastern Promises. Cronenberg's unique blend of psychological terror and visceral imagery has influenced countless filmmakers worldwide. more

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Author:R. Murray Schafer

“My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.”

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Book:The Canterbury tales

Source: The Canterbury tales

“Memory is knowledge; character is the box of values and habits in which our knowledge knocks around. People with a lot of knowledge thrown together in a box that encourages social intercourse and experimentation tend to come up with good ideas, which are the engine of change. Think of Silicon Valley in California, or Oxbridge in the United Kingdom.”

“I imagine if you had built the Newton Memorial outside Paris ... it would have undoubtedly shown the violence of 1870 and 1914 and 1942 and 1945 - even 1968! Consider building a vast cube of stone merely to register the effects of violence - marked and dated as an indictment.”

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Author:Peter Greenaway

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