“[In China at that time:] The penalty for adultery is death by strangulation. Mai-da's mother has added the following note to this section; 'Adultery is a feminine vice. Copulation on the man's part is not his wife's concern, unless he sires a child. Then she must accept the child as one of his homestead.” MenChildrenMotherAcceptingWifeConcernNotesVicesFollowingChinaFemininePenaltiesInfidelitySectionsAdultery Author:Nora Waln
“Performing isn't only about the acrobatics and the high notes: It's staying in the moment, connecting with the audience in an authentic way, and making yourself real to them through the music. I am more than the notes I hit, and that's how I try to approach my life. You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.” IfsWayTryingRealDoneMomentsLeftAcceptingAudienceApproachOvercomingNotesPerformingStayingConnectingShortcomingsTry Your BestHigh NotesAcrobatics Author:Idina Menzel
“I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great player any longer. And when we come home - as we will have to do because we've run out of money - we will discover that Argentine debts means Argentine politics. And on that note, you can wake up in the middle of the night.” ThinkingWorldMeanFactsHomeRunningNightAcceptingPlayerMiddleWake UpNotesDebtMapsComing HomeMiddle Of The Night Author:Gore Vidal
“For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions.” IfsKnowsWantGivingMayMomentsHandsSoundChanceAcceptingMusicBirthMusicianJazzNotesLeavingTinyHolesImpressionIntenseBitterMelody Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Any work of art represents a series of conscious choices on the part of the artist - what color to paint, what note to play, what word to use - in that artist's attempt to share what is in his or her soul. The audience is free to accept or reject those choices; it is emphatically not free to substitute its own.” ArtSoulPlayUseArtistChoicesAcceptingAudienceShareColorConsciousSeriesNotesPaintRejectsWorks Of ArtSubstitutes Author:Leonard Pitts