Oliver Gaspirtz Quotes
Books like Twilight are not art. They are mass-produced crap that is meant to be consumed by the widest possible audience, for the largest possible profit.
Quotes to Explore
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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There are no holidays for art; and that’s just fine with the artist.
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It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song.
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The two of us could form a new kind of union; we could be free together.
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In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
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I'll note you in my book of memory.
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Books like Twilight are not art. They are mass-produced crap that is meant to be consumed by the widest possible audience, for the largest possible profit.
