"You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist."

-- Bob Dylan

#Writing Quotes #Artist Quotes #People Quotes

“It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest.”

Source : Brutus Hamilton (1975). “The worlds of Brutus Hamilton”
“I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.”
“An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic.”
“[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.”
“At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.”
“A diary means yes indeed.”
“Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.”
“It's too bad for us "literary" enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless -- pictures tell any story more effectively than words . . . If children will read comics . . . why isn't it advisable to give them some constructive comics to read?.”

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