I’m a huge fan/collector of quotations, sayings, mantras, etc. I think reading other people’s words about and thoughts on life, love, challenges, friends, etc. is the most comforting and inspiring thing in the world. Knowing that someone, somewhere, no matter how far away or long ago had similar feelings to me, similar struggles and thoughts and questions is sort of magical. That being said, a friend of mine from work who is a graduate of MassArt sent me this quote:
“No great work has ever been based on hatred or contempt. On the contrary, there is not a single true work of art that has not in the end added to the inner freedom of each person who has known and loved it.”
-Albert Camus
I think that just about sums up how I feel about making art. Imagine making something that “add(s) to the inner freedom of each person who has known and loved it.” During our discussion about Brian Dories’ Philoctetes, I talked about how I always felt squirmy around theater about war. I think the reason is I often feel it comes from a place of hatred. Brian Dories, in my opinion, achieved what Camus talked about in the early 20th century. Doesn’t that just make you want to create some art? It certainly does me.
