There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
Interpretation
Art is fundamental to the foundation of civilization.
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic role of art in the development of human civilization. It suggests that all cultures have used art in various forms as a means of expression, communication, and cultural identity, highlighting that creativity and artistic expression are central to what it means to be civilized.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of creative education in schools.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.
Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections, underpinnings... His job is to paint the entire picture and knows all the colors that have to be in it.
You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world
If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength... then you must not sit and stare at everything and depict it exactly as one sees it.
Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing?
I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it β¦ Interviewers have said, you like jazz, donβt you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.
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