"Good luck and good timing are the same thing."

-- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

#Good Luck Quotes #Luck Quotes #Timing Quotes

“The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.”

Source : pauline kael (1965). “i lost it at the movies”
“The love of Christ embraces all without exception. Fire of love, crazy over what You have made. Oh, divine Madman. (Prayer of Catherine Siena) Simply do the next thing in love. I have no sense of myself apart from you. Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)”
“The wild bird that flies so lone and far has somewhere its nest and brood. A little fluttering heart of love impels its wings, and points its course. There is nothing so solitary as a solitary man.”
“Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.”
“The game we are playing her is closest to the old game of 'Christians and lions.'”
“To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.”
“I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.”

Source : Calvin Trillin (1988). “If you can't say something nice”, Penguin Group USA
“I have a very dear friend, a great painter, called me up very upset, the work wasnâ€™t going wellâ€¦ He asked me to come to his studio -- which I did -- I looked around at the work, dozens of sketches, drawings, large pictures, and I was very close to his work, intensely involved with his work, and he asked me, â€˜Whatâ€™s wrong?â€™ And I said, â€˜Simple â€“ itâ€™s a loss of nerve.”

Source : Morton Feldman (2006). “Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987”

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