"There is nothing boring in life except ourselves."

-- Nadia Boulanger

#Boredom Quotes #Boring Quotes

“Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.”
“Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions”
“Summer has come with the loveliness of a mother Heat, not warmth, now pours onto my face, aging me, taking me closer to death. Let it. I am here to live my story, to love my story. I will not fail to savor any gift out of a desire for self-preservation. Self-preservation is not a great virtue in this story.”
“What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to be logical? It is, of course, none of the above. It is the ability to play. Computers cannot have fun. They cannot fantasize. They cannot dream, they cannot experience emotion or summon intuition. These rare, precious qualities come naturally to every child on this earth yet they tend to be seen, by well meaning adults, as faults, foibles and failings. In pushing tiny toddlers to 'perform', we rob them of the ability to imagine.”
“On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.”
“Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.”
“In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while.”

Source : George Grosz (1982). “The autobiography of George Grosz: a small yes and a big no”
“The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.”

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