"If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pearsâ€¦"

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Source : Arnold Schoenberg, Leonard Stein (1975). “Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg”, p.313, Univ of California Press

Arnold Schoenberg

#Art Quotes #Coffee Quotes #Apples Quotes

“Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.”
“All I ever had before you was nightmares. But now I dream. Because of you.”

Source : Larissa Ione (2011). “Passion Unleashed: Number 3 in series”, p.186, Hachette UK
“Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.”
“Always bring money along with your complaints.”
“I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began.”
“Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.”
“The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
“It is also important to understand that a hidden nature is not always an evil nature”

Source : Alison Goodman (2010). “Eon”, p.129, Penguin

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