“When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These no less than the language , the marble, the paint, are part of his aw material.; to be used, tamed, sublimated, not ignored or defied. Haughty indifference to them is not genius, it is laziness and incompetence.” UsedArtistCultureCoursesLanguageInterestChristianityAudienceMaterialsGeniusTasteCapacityAccountsPaintIndifferenceLazinessIgnoredStrictMarbleIncompetenceTamedHaughty Author:C. S. Lewis
“An audience proves its discipline by its capacity for stillness. Those who have never practiced continuous application to an exacting process cannot settle down to simple watching; they must chew gum, they must dig the peel off their oranges, they must shift from foot to foot, from buttock to buttock.” ProcessSimpleAudienceFeetDisciplineProveCapacitySettlingApplicationStillnessOrangeProve ItSettling DownGumButtocks Book:Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia Source: Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia
“If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding what's important to them.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantImaginationAudienceCapacityWhat's ImportantRobbing Author:Michael Haneke
“Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those-in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can't escape them, but once you have steered clear of them, give them the shortest shrift possible. Above all, try to avoid telling stories about the unjust treatment you received at their hands; avoid it no matter how receptive your audience may be. Tales of this sort extend the existence of your antagonists.” IfsGivingTryingWellsMaySelfMatterStoriesHandsSufferingPayExistenceAttentionAudienceClearCapacityTalesMiserablePay AttentionOfficialsTreatmentUnjustTelling StoriesReceptiveAntagonist Author:Joseph Brodsky