Wilde quote

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Oscar Wilde

Croce on Genres

"All books dealing with classifications and systems of the arts could be burned without any loss whatsoever."

Benedetto Croce, quoted in The Power of Genre (p. 6) by Adena Rosmarin.

Miles Davis on Knowledge and Performance

"For example, the great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis is known to have told his band members: 'You need to know your horn, know the chords, know all the tunes. Then you forget about all that and just play' (Sanjek 1990, p. 411)."


Kamberelis, 1999
Genre Development and Learning

I realize this is a lot of layers of quoting. I should track down the original source of the quote, especially given the vague wording of "known to have".

Still, great quote. I think it applies to what we teach at camp. They need to know the camera angles, shots, framing, the techniques of editing, lighting, audio. Then they need to forget about all that and tell a story.

Great Quote from Barry

On p. 19 of Barry:

"And as Keats said, 'we distrust literature which has a palpable design upon us', that is, literature which too obviously wants to convert us or influence our views."