“It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny', and it is my contention that in actuality it is these musicians who are producing that which in future years perceptive critics will deem 'corny'.” YearsBeliefModernStyleMusicianJazzCriticsTendenciesHipsCornyJazz MusicContentionActualityJazz Musician Author:Don Ellis
“The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief.” MeanLittlesLongLastsFacesBeliefStrongProcessChurchTakenAtheismStyleMovementMoralityCivilizationReflectionFairsAncientTheologyPreservesDecentOppositionCustomsHarshMedievalFoul Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.” IfsKnowsWellsProblemArtistBeliefStrongKnow HowGroupsStylePaintingSkillsDrawsFunctionDrawingPainterAbstractMusclesGroundedSculptureAnatomyBiased Author:Guity Novin
“We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal act. Contrary to popular belief, a writer is not Prometheus alone on a hill full of fire. We are very arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind. We are carried on the backs of all the writers who came before us. We live in the present with all the history, ideas, and soda pop of this time. It all gets mixed up in our writing.” ThinkingWritingMindIdeasBeliefWorryFireStyleOriginalsPopsContraryHillsArrogantLive In The PresentCopyingSodaPrometheusContrary To Popular BeliefSoda Pop Book:Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.” MatterBeliefReligiousGoneStyleObviousReligious Belief Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“My art gives contemporary art a juvenile-delinquent phase. Its self-made style gleefully trashes conventions of beauty and society while pick-pocketing from the coolest underground styles and beliefs of the previous centuries.” GivingArtMadeSelfBeliefCenturyStylePicksContemporaryConventionsPhasesTrashSelf MadeJuvenileContemporary ArtDelinquents Author:Steve Olson