"This is the harsh truth about us: not……" — F. Sionil Jose
"This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole."
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F. Sionil Jose
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58 Quotes by F. Sionil Jose
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists…
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They…
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on…
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You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often…
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct.…
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the…
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they…
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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest…
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in…
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I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so…
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More Arts Quotes
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new…
— Darren Aronofsky
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
— Ansel Adams
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
— Theodore Bikel
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
— Theodore Bikel
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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some…
— David Bowie
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I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.
— Ray Bradbury
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
— Eli Broad
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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
— Andre Breton
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One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both…
— Jeff Bridges
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Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
— Eli Broad
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Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.
— Les Brown
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