The spark that can't start a prairie fire is still worth dedicating to

Leif 2022-04-22 07:01:31

This "Mona Lisa Smile", like "Dead Poets Society"/"Spring Breeze", became my encouraging film when I was depressed.

The change of educational purpose lies in people's enlightenment, not in following the rules. It's about someone breaking the shackles and getting everyone to believe they have other possibilities.

Even if the students did not live their lives as expected in the end, the seeds they planted may germinate in the later years of their lives, a generation, or even a few generations later.

I believe in the power of enlightenment. Just like the flourishing humanistic splendor after the end of the Middle Ages - the uniqueness of people is always to be released.

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Mona Lisa Smile quotes

  • [referring to a childlike drawing of a cow]

    Katherine Watson: 25 years ago, someone thought this was brilliant.

    Connie Baker: I can see that.

    Betty Warren: Who?

    Katherine Watson: My mother. I painted it for her birthday. Next slide. This is my mom. Is it art?

    Susan Delacorte: It's a snapshot.

    Katherine Watson: If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a difference?

    Betty Warren: Art isn't art until someone says it is.

    Katherine Watson: It's art!

    Betty Warren: The right people.

    Katherine Watson: And who are they?

    Giselle Levy: Betty Warren! We're so lucky we have one of them right here.

  • Connie Baker: [reading from an advertisement] "When your courses are set and a dreamboat you've met, have a real cigarette! Have a Camel!" I've got my courses, I've got my Camel cigarette. Where the hell is my dreamboat?