"You must always remember, because the mediocre mind you encounter may be your own."

-- Gilberto Hernandez

#Mind Quotes #Encounters Quotes #May Quotes

“In some ways, it is difficult for contemporary composers to find an audience. Both men and women would love a culture that embraced and hungered for new music, as they did in the Classical period. I tell my students that they should just keep writing, write what pleases you, and don't worry about what people or critics may think about your music.”

Source : Source: www.barbaraharbach.com
“This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.”
“The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible scholarship keeps trying to catch up, proving that all the hatred of gay is just stupid translation, though the snake-oil preachers don't want to hear it.”

Source : Paul Monette (2017). “Reflections: The World of Paul Monette”, p.33, Open Road Media
“Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.”

Source : Benvenuto Cellini (1952). “Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine Artist”
“One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.”
“What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thought; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. But always the rarest, those streaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach.”
“The illusion of life is crucial for the work, otherwise the ideas wouldn't be able to jump across, people wouldn't engage with it.”

Source : "Interview with Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey". Interview With Daniel Palmer, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2001.
“Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.”

Source : "The Mad Men GQ+A: Linda Cardellini on Sylvia Rosen's Extramarital Bombshell". Interview with Gwynne Watkins, www.gq.com. June 12, 2013.

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