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“And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to Mankind, had this day been wanting, the World had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining.”
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“I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.”
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“Never build your content ship on rented land.”
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“Can I come back and see you sometime?" "Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and smiled. "I'm partial to chocolate." "Gramma, you're diabetic." "I'm old, girl. Gonna die of something. Might as well be chocolate.”
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“Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.”
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“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.”
Source : "Another Kind of Life; Victorian Giants review - birth of the outsider" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2018. 
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“When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.”
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“I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are the superior species. We are the species uniquely capable of imagination, rationality, and moral choice - and that is precisely why we are under an obligation to recognize and respect the rights of animals.”
Source : Brigid Brophy (1966). “Don't Ever Forget: Collected Views and Reviews”, London : Cape
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“The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.”
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“You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors.”
Source : Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (2015). “Venus in Furs”, p.57, Cosimo Classics
