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Robin
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:25 pm
by Heather
Never laughed so much as the first time I saw Mrs. Doubtfire. What a great loss.
Rest in peace Robin Williams.
Heather
Re: Robin
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:59 pm
by Maureen K Clifford
He really is now a member of the Dead Poets Society sadly
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.And medicine, law, business, engineering - these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love - these are what we stay alive for.”
Robin Williams quotes
Re: Robin
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:56 pm
by Neville Briggs
A great quote Maureen. Strictly speaking Robin Williams' lines not his thoughts perhaps but he played the part so well I think he would have meant it.
Re: Robin
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:50 am
by manfredvijars
Ha ad libbed and improvised constantly ...
Re: Robin
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:45 am
by Zondrae
Why is world acclaimed not enough?
I guess we, sorry, I am better off being a nobody and, knowing my limitations, am happy with my lot.
(Expecting another grand baby soon how could I be depressed?)
I will miss the insanity that was Robin though.
Re: Robin
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:59 am
by Heather
"World acclaimed" puts a lot of pressure on someone Zondrae - it's not all it's cracked up to be. We can't begin to guess at the issues someone with depression has.
Heather
Re: Robin
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:08 pm
by David Campbell
In The Price of Greatness, a 1995 study of 1000 eminent 20th century figures by psychiatrist Arnold Ludwig, it was claimed that 77% of the poets had suffered from at least one significant depressive episode. The argument seems to be that extremely creative people (and Williams was certainly that in his field...a mind working at light speed with an incredible talent for the absurd) can be caught up in a constant struggle to make life meaningful. Spike Milligan, Stephen Fry, and Tony Hancock also spring to mind. And, among the poets, Poe, Blake, Sassoon, Keats, Wilde, Plath, and our own Les Murray.
David