"The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's."

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Source : "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by by Diogenes Laërtius, Book 1: The Seven Sages, 6, 1925.

Periander

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“Very often design is the most immediate way of defining what products become in people's minds.”
“Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.”
“He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.”
“Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away.”
“Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time.”
“America has never been a pure democracy and majoritarianism has always been as much feared as monarchism.”
“Painters are amongst the priests - worker priests of the cult of man - searching to understand but never know.”

Source : Brice Marden (1978). “Brice Marden: Recent Paintings and Drawings : [catalogue of an Exhibition], September 23-21 October 1978, The Pace Gallery, New York”
“I donâ€™t care about the rules. In fact, if I donâ€™t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then Iâ€™m not doing my job properly. Emotion is much more important than making mistakes, so be prepared to look like a chump. If you become too guarded and too processed, the music loses its spontaneity and gut feeling”

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