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Peter Porter, poet
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00:00:00 03/08/10

It seems to me that music always claims to be transcendental better than any of the other arts; and of course it¿s got some truth in it because it isn¿t a ¿ langua...

Peter Porter, poet

Added 03/08/10
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Peter Porter, poet

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It seems to me that music always claims to be transcendental better than any of the other arts; and of course it¿s got some truth in it because it isn¿t a ¿ language of meaning, it¿s a language of association.

Jonathan Miller, ar...
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11:32:38 12/20/07

Art is about amusing ourselves and making interesting conjectures about what we feel about it.

Jonathan Miller, artist

Added 12/20/07
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Jonathan Miller, artist

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Art is about amusing ourselves and making interesting conjectures about what we feel about it.

Richard E. Grant, w...
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11:25:01 12/20/07

I think that if you love somebody, and you know that the addiction [is a] part of them, they¿ve been taken over by this monstrous stuff and that it¿s not the real ...

Richard E. Grant, writer and actor

Added 12/20/07
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Richard E. Grant, writer and actor

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I think that if you love somebody, and you know that the addiction [is a] part of them, they¿ve been taken over by this monstrous stuff and that it¿s not the real them.

Jung Chang, writer
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16:02:49 08/31/07

The Communist Party still rules, and there is still strict censorship in the media and in publications. For example, my book Wild Swans is still banned.

Jung Chang, writer

Added 08/31/07
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Jung Chang, writer

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The Communist Party still rules, and there is still strict censorship in the media and in publications. For example, my book Wild Swans is still banned.

Possy Simmonds, ill...
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13:00:12 08/17/07

I think learning to draw is a discipline. It teaches you to look, and it teaches you to understand so much about life, and even people who say they can¿t draw can ...

Possy Simmonds, illustrator

Added 08/17/07
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Possy Simmonds, illustrator

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I think learning to draw is a discipline. It teaches you to look, and it teaches you to understand so much about life, and even people who say they can¿t draw can be taught to draw to please themselves.

Ronald Harwood, scr...
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16:14:11 08/14/07

Taking Sides was done in Paris, and it was a very, very good production, which Polanski saw, and he thought, ¿Well, it¿s a play about music, and it¿s a play about ...

Ronald Harwood, screenwriter

Added 08/14/07
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Ronald Harwood, screenwriter

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Taking Sides was done in Paris, and it was a very, very good production, which Polanski saw, and he thought, ¿Well, it¿s a play about music, and it¿s a play about Nazis, perhaps he¿s the guy to write The Pianist.¿ I¿ve always said, ¿You¿ve no imagina

Stephen Bayley, des...
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16:09:40 08/14/07

I suppose I was a lonely only child, and I took refuge in the company of my father, who always had, you know, quite nice cars. I mean, there were no early photogra...

Stephen Bayley, designer and writer

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Stephen Bayley, designer and writer

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I suppose I was a lonely only child, and I took refuge in the company of my father, who always had, you know, quite nice cars. I mean, there were no early photographs of me with teddy bears or stuffed toys, but there are photographs of me sitting on

Ian McEwan, writer
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15:15:18 08/08/07

think of myself as socially and geographically rootless. You must know this¿that when your father moves out of the ranks, through the sergeant¿s mess, and becomes ...

Ian McEwan, writer

Added 08/08/07
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Ian McEwan, writer

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think of myself as socially and geographically rootless. You must know this¿that when your father moves out of the ranks, through the sergeant¿s mess, and becomes an officer, you get a new posting, you have to change all your friends.

Alan Jenkins, poet
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12:46:15 07/27/07

There comes a point in your thinking, in a poet¿s thinking, where you¿ve got a few poems and a theme looks as if it might be about to emerge, or if you¿re lucky it...

Alan Jenkins, poet

Added 07/27/07
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Alan Jenkins, poet

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There comes a point in your thinking, in a poet¿s thinking, where you¿ve got a few poems and a theme looks as if it might be about to emerge, or if you¿re lucky it has emerged or it does emerge or it swims up out of your subconscious, and you sort of

P.J. O¿Rourke, writer
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12:45:39 07/27/07

America kind of stumbled into being the richest and most powerful country in the world, never intending to particularly.

P.J. O¿Rourke, writer

Added 07/27/07
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P.J. O¿Rourke, writer

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America kind of stumbled into being the richest and most powerful country in the world, never intending to particularly.

Ahdaf Soueif, writer
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12:44:22 07/27/07

The story from the Israeli side is so well-known and so well-attended to so sympathetically that it has more or less obliterated the other side, the Palestinian st...

Ahdaf Soueif, writer

Added 07/27/07
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Ahdaf Soueif, writer

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The story from the Israeli side is so well-known and so well-attended to so sympathetically that it has more or less obliterated the other side, the Palestinian story.

Deborah Bull, write...
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15:27:29 05/01/07

I think we start off as unsophisticated watchers, listeners or readers, even. ... I do think there is a ladder of appreciation.

Deborah Bull, writer/dancer

Added 05/01/07
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Deborah Bull, writer/dancer

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I think we start off as unsophisticated watchers, listeners or readers, even. ... I do think there is a ladder of appreciation.

Martin Amis, writer
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09:07:43 04/27/07

It's become completely clear to me... that fiction, at any rate, doesn't come from the front of the brain, but from the back.

Martin Amis, writer

Added 04/27/07
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Martin Amis, writer

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It's become completely clear to me... that fiction, at any rate, doesn't come from the front of the brain, but from the back.

Simon Callow, actor...
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09:06:20 04/27/07

More than anything else, acting is thinking somebody else's thoughts, more than feeling somebody else's feelings.

Simon Callow, actor/director

Added 04/27/07
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Simon Callow, actor/director

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More than anything else, acting is thinking somebody else's thoughts, more than feeling somebody else's feelings.

Bruce Beresford, di...
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10:11:30 04/26/07

Who knows if it'll work or not--I mean, maybe not. I'm cynical enough; I've been told often enough that things had no possibility of working, and they did.

Bruce Beresford, director

Added 04/26/07
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Bruce Beresford, director

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Who knows if it'll work or not--I mean, maybe not. I'm cynical enough; I've been told often enough that things had no possibility of working, and they did.

Sir Jeremy Isaacs, ...
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06:44:41 03/14/07

I came to the conclusion that what I should do with my life is see as many paintings, listen to as many symphonies, and read as many books as possible.

Sir Jeremy Isaacs, television executive

Added 03/14/07
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Sir Jeremy Isaacs, television executive

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I came to the conclusion that what I should do with my life is see as many paintings, listen to as many symphonies, and read as many books as possible.

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Peter Porter, poet

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Peter Porter, poet
03/08/10

It seems to me that music always claims to be transcendental better than any of the other arts; and of course it¿s got some truth in it because it isn¿t a ¿ language of meaning, it¿s a language of association.