Quote by Tony Kushner
Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the wa

Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete? – Tony Kushner

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People shouldnt trust artists and they shouldnt trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. – Tony Kushner

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Trust
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I feel theres a power in theatre, but its an indirect power. Its like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you cant afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about. – Tony Kushner

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relationship
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The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that Lincoln is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, weve actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincolns presidency thats somewhat original. – Tony Kushner

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A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty. – Diane Kruger

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When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences. – Frederick Sanger

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Beauty

Maybe Im old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals – particularly the endings of shows. – Marvin Hamlisch

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Beauty

Im not trying to stump anybody… its the beauty of the language that Im interested in. – Buddy Holly

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