पढ़ने का शौक पूरे जीवन को समेटे हुए है: जानकारी, ज्ञान, अंतर्दृष्टि और समझ, आनंद; सोचने, चुनने, काम करने, सृजन करने की शक्ति—ये सब पढ़ने के शौक के भीतर ही निहित हैं।
A love of reading encompasses the whole of life: information, knowledge, insight and understanding, pleasure; the power to think, to select, to act, to create - all of these are inherent in a love of reading.
A love of reading encompasses the whole of life: information, knowledge, insight and understanding, pleasure; the power to think, to select, to act, to create - all of these are inherent in a love of reading.
पुस्तकालय पेशा... एक ऐसा पेशा है जो किताबों के प्रति एक तीव्र और सुंदर प्रेम से ओत-प्रोत है, आलोकित है और प्रदीप्त है। एक ऐसा प्रेम जो इतना गहरा है कि यह एक के बाद एक समुदाय को अपने आगोश में ले लेता है और हमारी संस्कृति को विशिष्ट, व्यक्तिगत, रचनात्मक और सच्चे अर्थों में आध्यात्मिक बनाता है।
The library profession is ... a profession that is informed, illuminated, radiated by a fierce and beautiful love of books. A love so overwhelming that it engulfs community after community and makes the culture of our time distinctive, individual, creative and truly of the spirit.
The library profession is ... a profession that is informed, illuminated, radiated by a fierce and beautiful love of books. A love so overwhelming that it engulfs community after community and makes the culture of our time distinctive, individual, creative and truly of the spirit.
मुझे लगता है कि मिस्टर डिज़नी द्वारा प्रकाशित किताबों की संख्या इस बात से कोई ताल्लुक नहीं रखती कि वे बच्चों तक साहित्य पहुँचा रहे हैं या नहीं। उस निर्णय का आधार मात्रा के बजाय गुणवत्ता होना चाहिए। यह वही पुरानी समस्या है जो लगातार अमेरिकी संस्कृति को परेशान करती है। मैं चाहूँगा कि बच्चे धूप में बाहर अपने खेल खुद खेलें बजाय इसके कि वे वाल्ट डिज़नी द्वारा परोसे गए साहित्य के विकृत रूप को अपनाएँ।
I think the number of books published by Mr. Disney has nothing to do with whether or not he is bringing literature to children. That judgment has got to be based on quality rather than quantity. It's the same old problem that continually plagues American culture. I would rather have children playing their own games out of doors in the sunlight than getting the misrepresentation of literature as given by Walt Disney.
I think the number of books published by Mr. Disney has nothing to do with whether or not he is bringing literature to children. That judgment has got to be based on quality rather than quantity. It's the same old problem that continually plagues American culture. I would rather have children playing their own games out of doors in the sunlight than getting the misrepresentation of literature as given by Walt Disney.
वाल्ट डिज़नी ने अपने जीवन में एक बार भी बच्चों को ध्यान में रखकर कुछ नहीं बनाया—कभी नहीं। उनके कार्टूनों की सामग्री एक वयस्क दर्शकों को ध्यान में रखकर बनाई जाती है। यही सारी समस्या है। हर चीज़ को इस तरह बनाया जाता है कि वह हर किसी तक पहुँचे, और हर किसी तक पहुँचने के लिए उन्हें हॉलीवुड का तड़का लगाना पड़ता है। डिज़नी की किताबों में लड़की का हर चित्रण किसी हॉलीवुड रानी जैसा लगता है और नायक की हर तस्वीर किसी खराब तरीके से बनाए गए कैरी ग्रांट जैसी लगती है। ये वयस्क दुनिया के स्पष्ट प्रतीक हैं।
Walt Disney has never addressed himself to children once in his life - never. The material of his cartoons is made to reach an adult audience. This is the whole trouble. Everything is made to reach everyone, and in order to reach everyone, he must introduce the Hollywood touch. Every illustration of a girl in Disney's books looks like the Hollywood queen and every picture of the hero looks like a badly drawn Cary Grant. Obvious symbols of an adult world.
Walt Disney has never addressed himself to children once in his life - never. The material of his cartoons is made to reach an adult audience. This is the whole trouble. Everything is made to reach everyone, and in order to reach everyone, he must introduce the Hollywood touch. Every illustration of a girl in Disney's books looks like the Hollywood queen and every picture of the hero looks like a badly drawn Cary Grant. Obvious symbols of an adult world.
इस बात का कोई कारण नहीं है कि अच्छी किताबों के स्तर को गिराया जाए या उन्हें छोटा किया जाए, ताकि उन लोगों की माँगों को पूरा किया जा सके जो इसके लिए प्रयास करने को तैयार नहीं हैं या पर्याप्त रूप से रुचि नहीं रखते हैं।
There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are not ready or interested enough to make the effort to read.
There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are not ready or interested enough to make the effort to read.
मुझे लगता है कि जो भी व्यक्ति बच्चों के लिए कुछ लिखता या बनाता है, उसका एक दायित्व होता है, और वह दायित्व यह है कि वह बच्चों के लिए अब तक की सबसे बेहतरीन चीज़ें उपलब्ध कराए और जो कुछ भी सृजित हुआ है उसकी उत्कृष्टता को बनाए रखे। लोकप्रिय मनोरंजन के क्षेत्र या लोकप्रिय कलाओं से जुड़े हर व्यक्ति का यह दायित्व है।
I feel that anybody who addresses himself to children has a responsibility, and that responsibility is to make available to children the very best that has ever been produced and to sustain the distinction of what has been produced. Everybody in the popular entertainment field or in the popular arts has a responsibility.
I feel that anybody who addresses himself to children has a responsibility, and that responsibility is to make available to children the very best that has ever been produced and to sustain the distinction of what has been produced. Everybody in the popular entertainment field or in the popular arts has a responsibility.
मैंने लोगों को यह पूछते सुना है कि किसी क्लासिक (उत्कृष्ट) किताब में ऐसा क्या पवित्र है जिसे आधुनिक बच्चे के लिए बदला नहीं जा सकता? किसी क्लासिक में कुछ भी पवित्र नहीं है। जो चीज़ किसी किताब को क्लासिक बनाती है, वह उसका वह जीवन है जो पीढ़ी-दर-पीढ़ी के बच्चों द्वारा उसमें जुड़ता गया है। बच्चे ही इन किताबों को जीवन देते हैं। कुछ किताबें जिन्हें पढ़ना आपके लिए मुश्किल हो सकता है, वे बच्चों के लिए क्लासिक्स होती हैं।
I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about a classic. What makes a classic is the life that has accrued to it from generation after generation of children. Children give life to these books. Some books which you could hardly bear to read are, for children, classic.
I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about a classic. What makes a classic is the life that has accrued to it from generation after generation of children. Children give life to these books. Some books which you could hardly bear to read are, for children, classic.
हम आधुनिक जीवन की रफ़्तार में उलझ गए हैं—इस बात पर बहुत ज़ोर दिया जाता है कि सब कुछ "तुरंत" मिल जाए, ऐसी पत्रिकाएँ जो दावा करती हैं कि आप आठ मिनट में लेख पढ़ लेंगे। मुझे लगता है कि यह एक ऐसी प्रवृत्ति है जिसका आंशिक रूप से विरोध किया जाना चाहिए। कुछ बच्चे आज भी पुराने अंदाज़ में पढ़ते हैं; उन्हें पुरानी भाषा पसंद है; उन्हें शब्दों की आवाज़ अच्छी लगती है। मुझे यह कहना सही नहीं लगता कि कोई चीज़ इसलिए बेहतर है क्योंकि उसे अद्यतन (अपडेट) और आधुनिक बना दिया गया है।
We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you eight minutes to read an article. It seems to me that here is a tendency that ought to be denied in part. Certain children do read in the past; they love the old language; they love the sound of words. I don't think it's good enough to say something is better because is it updated and modern.
We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you eight minutes to read an article. It seems to me that here is a tendency that ought to be denied in part. Certain children do read in the past; they love the old language; they love the sound of words. I don't think it's good enough to say something is better because is it updated and modern.
यदि हर चीज़ को इतना स्पष्ट कर दिया जाए कि वह पाठक से किसी प्रयास की माँग ही न करे, तो कुछ समय बाद उनकी प्रतिक्रिया देने की क्षमता कमज़ोर पड़ जाती है। और वे ऐसे युवाओं के रूप में बड़े होते हैं जो मुद्रित पन्नों से कुछ भी ग्रहण करने में असमर्थ होते हैं, या वे ऊब जाते हैं क्योंकि उन्होंने सूक्ष्म बारीकियों, विचारों के अंतर और एक लेखक से दूसरे लेखक के दृष्टिकोण के अंतर को नहीं समझा होता है। बच्चों पर भरोसा किया जा सकता है कि वे किताब में अपनी पसंद की चीज़ छोड़ दें। यह बिल्कुल ठीक है। लेकिन इस सबका उस वयस्क जनता की कथित बारह वर्षीय मानसिकता के स्तर पर सिमट जाना—यही मेरी आपत्ति है।
If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is atrophied. And they grow up as young people unable to take anything from a printed page, or they become bored because they haven't discovered the nuances, the differences of opinion, the differences of approach between one author and another. Children can be trusted to skip what they don't like in a book. That's perfectly all right. But to have it all reduced to the supposedly twelve-year-old mind of the adult public is what I object to.
If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is atrophied. And they grow up as young people unable to take anything from a printed page, or they become bored because they haven't discovered the nuances, the differences of opinion, the differences of approach between one author and another. Children can be trusted to skip what they don't like in a book. That's perfectly all right. But to have it all reduced to the supposedly twelve-year-old mind of the adult public is what I object to.