"Compose. (No ideas but in things) Invent! Saxifrage is my flower that splits the rocks."

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Source : William Carlos Williams, A. Walton Litz, Christopher MacGowan (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1939-1962”, p.455, New Directions Publishing

William Carlos Williams

#Flower Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“Most human beings have enough sense to know that if they work in a city that has a serious smog problem, it's wise to either stay indoors or at least wear a mask that will filter out the poison. But cigarette smokers have their own little concentrated toxic smog pack that they don't avoid.”
“The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A deceptive memory may be the key to their originality.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.102, Open Road Media
“It's a completely useless emotion - jealousy. I don't go there.”
“It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating.”
“I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.”
“I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.”
“I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.”
“This is the complacency I have run into.”

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