Jerry Saltz Quotes
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.
Quotes to Explore
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
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When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.
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I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.
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On the whole, I don't have any friends. Friends come and go; I've lost my trust factor. I believe I have people who think they're my friend. And I believe that there are people probably in their heart who are friends toward me or are friends to me. But they're not my friends, because what I learned is that fear is stronger than love.
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I celebrated success in the art world, which was quite sudden, and I suddenly had $1,000 a month, when formerly I had nothing, basically. So what we did with this money: we had a baby, we bought a car, and we celebrated by going to Rome, because it would be warmer and better looking.
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The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.
