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Subject: RE: [Leica] my favorite martha graham quote
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:24:06 -0500

Well, it's a quote that could do with some serious editing - but the
basic thoughts are right on the money.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of sam
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:23 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] my favorite martha graham quote


Yes, I apologize to Doug. I don't think much of the quote, but obviously

Doug does so I should have shut my trap.

Sam S



Kit McChesney wrote:
> Now that is totally uncalled-for, and insulting to a great artist, and

> not only that, but to Doug Kim, who thought enough of this group to 
> share a wonderful idea about art with this group. You should be 
> ashamed of yourself, Sam, for saying such a thing. I, for one, 
> appreciated Doug's bringing the quote to our attention.
> 
> There is another statement, similar to Martha Graham's, and I believe 
> it's biblical. Goes like this: "If you do not bring forth that which 
> is within you, that which is within you will destroy you."
> 
> There is also another quote I like, from Abe Lincoln:
> 
> "Better to be thought a fool than open one's mouth and remove all 
> doubt."
> 
> Kit
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of sam
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:13 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] my favorite martha graham quote
> 
> Martha is very much like-minded with Twix Bullah of the Railroad Club
> who said "I use my arse instead of my brain; the money's the same."
> 
> 
> Sam S
> 
> 
> 
> 
> doug kim wrote:
> 
>>no monkeys in this one:
>>
>>"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated
> 
> through
> 
>>you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, 
>>this expression is unique.
>>
>>If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be 
>>lost.
>>
>>The world will not have it.
>>
>>It is not yours to determine how good it is; nor how it compares with
> 
> other
> 
>>expressions. It is your business to keep the channel open.
>>
>>You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to 
>>keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the 
>>channel open.
>>
>>No artist is ever pleased.
>>
>>There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer
> 
> divine
> 
>>dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us 
>>more alive than the others."
>>
>>Martha Graham to Agnes De Mille
>>
> 
> 
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