"Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be."

-- Stephen Malkmus

#Song Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Vision Quotes

“It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.”
“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.”

Source : "Wonder and Skepticism". The Skeptical Inquirer 19 (1), www.csicop.org. January/February 1995.
“The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.”
“You can teach a bear to tango on a barrel but his enthusiasm and performance are limited and brief.”
“Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful.”
“I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.”
“Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.”

Source : 1914-15 Aphorisms.
“What matter is the information, not what you think about it.”

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