"Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Art Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1946). “Impressions that remained”
“I'm lost in space and I want to find a way home. Nobody else can get me back to the planet, so I have to do it myself.”

Source : Susan Vaught (2011). “Going Underground”, p.187, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying....”

Source : "Lost Star : The Search for Amelia Earhart". Book by Randall Brink, 1995.
“What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that I can come up with something that's already in my experience, the easier it becomes. All I have to do then is remember where it differs, like relating a chord sequence that comes from some other tune, or several different tunes, or maybe parts of them and then work it from there.”
“I was in a garden at the Rodin Museum. For a few minutes I was alone, sitting on a bench between two long hedges of roses. Pink roses. Suddenly I felt the most powerful feeling of peace, and I had the thought that death, if it means an absorption into a reality like the one that was before me, might be all right.”
“There are two types of people in life - those who get it and those who don't.”
“I'm moving to Nevada. Either there or kill myself.”
“We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.”

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