Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html