Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]no harm and no worries. i actually do not like martha graham much at all but i always loved this quote. doug On 11/25/03 12:22 PM, "sam" <sam@osheaven.net> wrote: > 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 - -- doug kim http://www.ricecracker.net/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html