Archibald MacLeish Quotes

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Archibald MacLeish

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 7, 1892 - April 20, 1982

Topics

FreedomManDignityRight

I started my career as a liberal arts major from Berkeley, wrote about enterprise IT for a few years, then followed my passion for the digital narrative into graduate school as well (also at Berkeley, the Oxford of the West or, perhaps, the Harvard - sorry Stanford!). My first project out of grad school was 'Wired' magazine.

John Battelle

PassionSchoolSorryCareerDigital

His belief in the power of music to convey ideas - not just entertain - has filtered down to musicians in every field, from alt-rock to hip-hop, from Bruce Springsteen and U2 to Arcade Fire and Kanye West. Popular music is different because of Johnny Cash.

Robert Hilburn

MusicPowerFireIdeasMusicians

I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.

Mike Leigh

GoodThinkActorGood ActorGoing

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

Lisa Ling

LiveCultureInsecurityNoiseWhere

I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you.

Josh Lucas

LearningTimeMeThinkYouFar Away

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child.

Jonathan Kozol

MusicChildrenTimeChildPeople

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Dogen

MotherChildYouBornBecomeStudy

If you want to destroy the planet, you can kiss social justice goodbye. The earth comes first.

Douglas Tompkins

JusticeKissGoodbyeYouEarthWant

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

Christy Turlington

ReligionFollowWouldChristRather

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

Chuck Close

AgeBetterMoreOne ThingFiveKids

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

Ariel Pink

ChangeMusicPersonalityVoiceSelf

I'm just coming from a more personal - and, I guess, more nostalgic - point of view.

Winona Ryder

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