"All of us must eventually do what the matador does;
go out and face not only the bull, but the crowd.
It does the matador little good,
provides him little satisfaction
to make beautiful passes
in a moonlit pasture"
-Chuck Jones
At first glance this quote inspires no thoughts, and after research it doesn't even seem to exist. However, after reading it several times in different tones, a meaning begins to emerge from it. A meaning that defeats its questioned validity. The matador does not only fight against the bull, but he must fight for the crowd. Without the crowd, the matador has no purpose. No one to cheer him on, nothing to prove himself to, nothing to put on a show for. A crowdless matador is a pointless matador- he can't keep to himself forever, there has to be something to cheer him on.
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