"If I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing ComeÃ§ar de novo."

-- Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira

#Song Quotes #Singing Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.”
“Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.”

Source : Ho Chi Minh's political slogan as quoted in Jean Sainteny "Ho Chi Minh and His Vietnam: A Personal Memoir" (p. 172), 1972.
“The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.”
“There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.”
“It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.”
“The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong.”
“I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger.”
“The purpose of truly transcendent art is to express something you are not yet, but something that you can become.”

Source : Alex Grey (2017). “The Mission of Art”, p.10, Shambhala Publications

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