#Mean Quotes #Balance Quotes #Energy Quotes
“The whole point of building theoretical systems is to explain what humans know by pre-theoretical experience. That is the starting point for any philosophy. That is the data it seeks to explain. If it fails to explain the data of experience, then it has failed the test. It has been falsified.”
“I like Paris because I find something here, something of integrity, which I seem to have strangely lost in my own country. It is simplest of all to say that I like to live among people and surroundings where I am not always conscious of 'thou shall not.' I am colored and wish to be known as colored, but sometimes I have felt that my growth as a writer has been hampered in my own country. And so - but only temporarily - I have fled from it.”
“Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed.”
“Disappointment requires adequate planning.”
“They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary.”
“I cannot stand authority.”
“Progress not perfection.”
“I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.”
Brad Mehldau Jazz Pianist
DJ Spooky
Henry Threadgill Composer
Jeremy Denk Classical pianist
Steve Coleman Composer
Trevor Dunn Composer