Interview

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Weightlessness is a great equalizer.

Sally Ride

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Topic

Space travel Space

Speaker

Sally Ride

Source

NOVA

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ride, Sally. "An Interview with Sally Ride." NOVA Labs. Conducted in 1984, aired 23 Jul. 2012, season 8, episode 13.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of trouble and depressing subject matter. An art which might be for every mental worker, be he businessman or writer, like an appeasing influence, like a mental soother, something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.

Henri Matisse

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Speaker

Henri Matisse

Source

Notes d'un Peintre

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Liberman, Alexander. The Artist in His Studio. The Viking Press, 1960.

There's a helluva distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Jokes

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "The Art of Fiction." The Paris Review, Summer 1956, Issue 13, p. 80.

A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.

John Steinbeck

Quoted in Paris Review

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Topic

Power of words Meaning of words Words

Speaker

John Steinbeck

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Steinbeck, John. "John Steinbeck, The Art of Fiction No. 45." Interviewed by Nathaniel Benchley. The Paris Review, Fall 1969. Originally was published in "In Awe of Words." Exonian, 3 Mar. 1954.

To trust your intuition is exactly the opposite of any sort of formal education.

Chris Burden

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Topic

Intuition Education

Speaker

Chris Burden

Source

Failure: Documents of Contemporary Art

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Burden, Chris. Failure: Documents of Contemporary Art, edited by Lisa Le Feuvre. MIT Press, 2010. Originally spoken during an interview with John Bewley, c. 2010.