"A man of intellect is like an artist who gives a concert without any help from anyone else, playing on a single instrument--a piano, say, which is a little orchestra in itself. Such a man is a little world in himself; and the effect produced by various instruments together, he produces single-handed, in the unity of his own consciousness. Like the piano, he has no place in a symphony; he is a soloist and performs by himself--in soli tude, it may be; or if in the company with other instruments, only as principal; or for setting the tone, as in singing."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Artist Quotes #Men Quotes #Symphony Quotes

“I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.”

Source : "Golden Globe Nominee Abel Korzeniowski Talks Madonna, ‘W.E.,’ Score" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2012.
“As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer.”
“As we practice the work of forgiveness we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one.”
“One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.”
“I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.”
“If you are tired of living on the beaten path that everyone else walks, venture into the woods. Some people would be afraid they would get lost, but a confident woman expects to have a new experience that might be outrageously wonderful.”
“The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.”

Source : Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.140, Octagon Press Ltd
“But when I thought I hit bottom, it started hitting back. There is no bruise like the bruise loneliness kicks into your spine.”

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