Quote by Theodore Bikel
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. – Theodore Bikel

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I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasnt doing. – Theodore Bikel

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Beauty
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I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. – Theodore Bikel

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Equality
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We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. – Theodore Bikel

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Age
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Art
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Art

A painting that is well composed is half finished. – Pierre Bonnard

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Art

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted. – Paula Abdul

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Art

Let me ask you something, what is not art? – Author Unknown

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Art

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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – John Ashbery

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