"My creativity and my political work are linked.……" — Holly Near
"My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility."
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39 Quotes by Holly Near
Holly Near has 39 quotes on this site.
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Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let…
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In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The…
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I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best…
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All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and…
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Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
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When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.
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I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I…
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You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.
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Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.
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A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
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I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first…
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Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.
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More Creativity Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
— Aristotle
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
— Nnamdi Azikiwe
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
— Isaac Asimov
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
— Lauren Bacall
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
— Francis Bacon
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
— Ansel Adams
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
— Ansel Adams
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of…
— Ansel Adams
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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
— Scott Adams
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