Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it's a quote that could do with some serious editing - but the basic thoughts are right on the money. - -----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 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 >> > > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html