"If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn't worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work."

-- Ian Hamilton Finlay

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
“A host of positive psychological changes inevitably will result from widespread economic security. The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the means to seek self-improvement. Personal conflicts among husbands, wives and children will diminish when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.”
“I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.”
“Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.”

Source : Howard Nemerov (1981). “The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov”, p.345, University of Chicago Press
“I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.”
“When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.”
“Keynesians are to economics what witch doctors are to medicine.”
“He was so good and honest. Why couldn't I love him instead?”

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