"I had to agonize over my selection since our music is so rich and all the above plus many others have contributed."

-- Jimmy Heath

#Rich Quotes #Plus Quotes #Music Is Quotes

“Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free. Soar in the freedom of desirelessness. Let go. Let Be. See through everything and be free, complete, luminous, at home -- at ease.”
“The true enemy of man is generalization.”
“The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.”

Source : Joseph Butler (1867). “The Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution & Course of Nature...”, p.215
“I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We're putting things together.”
“Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.”
“But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.”

Source : Agnes Smedley (2012). “Daughter of Earth”, p.123, Courier Corporation
“We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.”
“The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.25, Univ of California Press

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