"Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all."

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Source : Vachel Lindsay, Dennis Camp (1984). “The poetry of Vachel Lindsay: complete & with Lindsay's drawings”, Spoon River Poetry Pr

Vachel Lindsay

#Change Quotes #Soul Quotes #Vision Quotes

“The highest degree of love is Tatayyum (total enthrallment). The lowest degree is 'alaqah (attachment), when the heart is attached to the beloved: then comes sabahah (infatuation), when the heart is poured out: then gharam (passion), when love never leaves the heart: the nashaq (ardent love), and finally tatayyum.”
“Music has always been profoundly important to me.”
“Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.”

Source : Yves Saint Laurent (1983). “Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume”, p.24, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. He just spends his life, living in a rock and roll fantasy.”
“These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and thinking.... Contrary to what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance. For the perfect dandy, these things are no more than the symbol of the aristocratic superiority of his mind.”
“What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.”
“Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.”
“Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.”

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