“My external sensations are no less private to my self than are my thoughts or my feelings. In either case my experience falls within my own circle, a circle closed on the outside... the whole world for each is peculiar and private to that soul.” WorldSoulSelfWholeFeelingsFallMy OwnExistenceCasesElementsCirclesWhole WorldSensationsSurroundPeculiarSpheresMy ThoughtsOpaque Author:F. H. Bradley
“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.” KnowsImportantMatterFactsSoundChanceMy OwnForeverWonderfulElementsBuiltPerformancesImportant ThingsNuanceDrawbacksLive Performance Author:Aaron Copland
“If anyone ever wonders why there's nothing coming from me, it's not my fault. I'm doing the work. No, I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparently I'm not alone in this. There are people of very high standing, authors who are having problems. So I have been told. In my own case, the more disturbing element is the editor-in-chief who said to me, "I think this book is terrific. It ought to be in print. I can't publish it -- I've been told I mustn't." The indication is that I'm not writing what people want to read, but I never did.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingHas BeensSaidI CanBookProblemMy OwnWonderCasesGoneHavensOughtElementsStandingFaultsInsaneChiefsPrintEditorsPublishTerrificDisturbingNot AloneIndication Author:Tanith Lee
“I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want to be part of it. I want to be a witness. I want to walk arm in arm with it. I want to hear it more and more, to cradle it, to carry it like a medal on my chest. Activism is a constant element in my life, even though afterwards I anguish over not having written 'my own things.' Testimonial literature provides evidence of events that people would like to hide, denounces and therefore is political and part of a country in which everything remains to be done and documented.” PeopleWantCountryDonePoliticalLiteratureMy OwnWalksWrittenEventsArmsElementsEvidenceRemainsConstantActivismRhythmWitnessChestsAnguishMedalCradleSidelinesTestimonial Author:Elena Poniatowska
“...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.” TryingMy OwnFitElementsReflectionSettingSettingsDesperateImprovisationMy Own LifeDisgruntled Book:Composing a Life Source: Composing a Life
“I find what I call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. You won't see me at other peoples' premiers. I mean, I go to my own premiers because I have to help my film, but I don't enjoy that whole side of it. I don't enjoy celebrityhood. I love getting a seat in a restaurant. I love it when people say hi when I don't know them. I mean, that's fine, but apart from that, I like the elements of celebrityhood which make living in the world like living in your own village.” PeopleKnowsWorldMeanWholeHelpingFilmEnjoyDifficultSidesMy OwnFineIndustryElementsRestaurantsSeatsVillage Author:Jeremy Irons