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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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission. – Theodore Bikel

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

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Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in. – Jerry Saltz

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By the work one knows the workman. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer. – Terri Guillemets

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One of the best things about paintings is their silence — which prompts reflection and random reverie. – Mark Stevens

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