Minnie Maddern Fiske Quotes

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1865 - February 15, 1932

Topics

GoodMusicArtPeoplePaintingBad

In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could attempt to register was to go down to the courthouse. You had to pass a so-called literacy test. And they would tell people over and over again that they didn't or couldn't pass the literacy test.

John Lewis

AgePeopleVotingYouDownPlace

The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago.

Robert Nelson

HistoryArtInformationTroubleUs

The world is a mess.

Mauricio Macri

WorldMess

It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.

Matt Reeves

ImaginationPeopleCreatingAnything

Miami is not optimal for raising a child.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

ChildMiamiRaisingOptimal

A few brands have asked me to design shorts for them. I'm not sure about that. I don't want to have them as a mass product, and suddenly everybody is walking around in them.

Juergen Teller

MeDesignWalkingWantProductSure

I really love a lot of early Sixties R&B, rock n' roll, and I love performing songs that have that power and soulfulness.

Johnny Flynn

LovePowerEarlyRockSixtiesRoll

There are very few things that I don't talk about - even my relationships.

DeRay Mckesson

RelationshipsTalkThingsEvenFew

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Dorothea Brande

FireManMindRatherContainer

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

Dean Koontz

MeBookHouseEscapeWayKid

Educators and school personnel work on the front lines of childhood obesity, but every day they face the challenges of budget cuts, mandated tests, rushed lunch periods, and a decrease in time for physical activity.

Dean Ornish

WorkTimeDayChildhoodSchoolFace

For me, I love Portland. I love the food scene, I love the vibe, the environment.

Christina Tosi

LoveFoodMeEnvironmentPortland

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