Albert Murray When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the priest and the medicine man. – Albert Murray Blues Quotes Dancer Quotes Determines Quotes Existential Quotes Fulfilling Quotes Fundamental Quotes Medicine Quotes Mission Quotes Musician Quotes Negro Quotes Poet Quotes Priest Quotes Requirement Quotes Swings Quotes As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more likely it is to have been edited time and again. The juke joint, the honky tonk, and the ballroom also represent one more thing, anthropologically speaking: a ceremonial context for the male-with-female-duet dance flirtation and embrace, upon which the zoological survival of the human species has always been predicated.
Hans Hofmann The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. – Hans Hofmann
Joe Thornton To have the luxury of passing to two goal-scorers is something I enjoy. You look forward to coming to the rink because you know you’ve got two finishers on your line. – Joe Thornton
Post Malone It has been wild, you know? I started out just putting a song that I made out on the Internet without being sure if anyone was going to like it, and it took me on tour around the world with Justin Bieber. It’s been amazing! – Post Malone
Octavio Paz The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome, and the fact that our minds accept these perverse games so docilely is no less cause for concern. – Octavio Paz
ImaginationKathryn Lasky I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I’ve always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings. – Kathryn Lasky
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