Catharine Arnold quotes

“Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse. Musicians and torchbearers came next, with the rear taken up by the mimes- sinister, silent figures in wax masks modelled on dead members of the family.”
-- Catharine Arnold

Source : Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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“Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and bones.”
-- Catharine Arnold

Source : Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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“More than a hygienic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity:”
-- Catharine Arnold

Source : Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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“By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.”

“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”

“I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.”

“I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.”

Source : "'I Was Never an Anti-Semite'". articles.latimes.com. March 01, 2000.

“A camel is a horse designed by committee.”

Source : Gordon R. Dickson (1978). “The Far Call”

“A camel looks like a horse that was planned by a committee.”

“I was given a small camera as a wedding gift from a very dear friend. My first pictures were taken on my honeymoon. As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.”

“Art is too serious to be taken seriously.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.14, Univ of California Press

“By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires with animated sounds. Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds.”

“I am not an action hero. That is not the only thing I did in my career. Many people know me because of my work with Pedro Almodóvar, or theater or films that I have done, aside from that. But, that was a part of my career that I embrace. I loved movies like Zorro and Desperado and The 13th Warrior, and other movies like that, that I have done and that contain some action, but it's not the only thing that I do.”