Ada Louise Huxtable Quotes
Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!
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There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.
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First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air.
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Poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me. I like to poem my way through tricky questions and ideas. That's about the only consistent thread through my poem-creation process.
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Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.
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God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.
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When water isn't rippled, it is naturally still. When a mirror isn't clouded, it is clear of itself. So the mind is not to be cleared; get rid of what muddles it, and its clarity will spontaneously appear. Pleasure need not be sought; get rid of what pains you, and pleasure is naturally there.
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Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.
