“The worst evil is – and that’s the product of censorship – is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.”
Milos Forman, 1932-2018, director, Academy Awards: Best Director for Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.”
“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”
“The more colors you have on your palette, the more you have to work with, and the more you can aspire to.”
Donald McKayle, 1930-2018, choreographer, dancer
“When we are writing, or painting, or composing, we are, during the time of creativity, freed from normal restrictions, and are opened to a wider world, where colors are brighter, sounds clearer, and people more wondrously complex than we normally realize.”
“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”
National Poetry Month:
“I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.”
— John Quincy Adams. American, statesman, political figure, president, senator, Born July
