"Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume that anything wonderful will happen."

-- Hugh Hopper

#Giving Quotes #Musician Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions.”

Source : Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness”, p.17, Tharpa Publications US
“Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use â€“ do the work you want to see done.”

Source : Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.48, Workman Publishing
“I put a lot of time and effort into the exercise I get, the amount of rest and sleep I get, and the amount I eat. And I think those three things are really kind of my wellness and health foundation.”
“Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure.”
“I dwell 'neath the shades of Harvard In the State of the Sacred Cod, Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots And the Cabots speak only to God”
“I can find something between sight and hearing and I can produce a fugue in colors as Bach has done in music.”
“What I would give, I thought, to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on topics significant and ordinary, to observe the Lincoln White House from such an intimate perspective. From that moment, my interest in their remarkable friendship was captivated, and it never really waned.”

Source : "Madison's Chiaverini finds inspiration in Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker". Interview with Bobby Tanzilo, onmilwaukee.com. January 5, 2013.
“I think my work is very difficult to understand. Sometimes people do and sometimes they don't. I can't do much about that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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