"I suppose I'm interested in sorrow, which is very different from depression or despair. Sorrow is continuous with the world; it allows for creativity."

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Aleksandar Hemon

#Creativity Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Despair Quotes

“Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.”
“An improper mind is a perpetual feast.”
“We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.”
“Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us survive. But all of us were in pieces personally.”

Source : "Mick Fleetwood: We miss Christine... I’m hoping I can get her to rejoin". Interview with Jacqui Swift, www.thesun.co.uk. February 1, 2013.
“Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.”
“I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best.”

Source : Lionel Abel (1987). “Important Nonsense”
“I don't come taking millions of pictures. I spend time with them and simply observe. If you wait long enough those amazing images will come.”
“None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.”

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