Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for being gracious Doug. Sam S doug kim wrote: > 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 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html