The Curse of Pietro Houdini Quotes

“Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life.”
― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

“The Trojan Women “[t]he greatest piece of anti-war literature there is in the world… Nothing since, no description or denunciation of war’s terrors and futilities, ranks with The Trojan Women, which was put upon the Athenian stage by Euripides in the year 416 BC.”
― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

“Linear perspective may have launched the Renaissance from Florence, dear Eva, but it did not launch linearity. Not for us. Perspective is but the canvas. Life itself, as Italy knows, will draw its own lines and few are straight.”
― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

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― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

“The Annunciation got its name from the moment when the archangel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she was pregnant with the Lord. The word itself—annunciation—means to pronounce: to make a declaration. Had Mary asked the Lord what was happening to her body? What had brought on the changes, as she had done nothing new herself? Had Mary even inquired? If not, why not? If so, why do we credit Gabriel and the Lord with a pronouncement rather than Mary with her question? Maybe this moment was a response to her. Maybe it was an apology. Surely she deserved one. Has a god ever apologized to a woman?”
― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini