"A smile appears on the faces of most archaic figures, a happiness of expression seeming to transcend that of human beings."

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Source : Francis Henry Taylor (1958). “The Archaic Smile: The Relation of Art and the Dignity of Man”

Francis Henry Taylor

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“How lucky is the man who, like Mozart and others, goes to the tavern of an evening and writes some fresh music. For he lives while he is creating.”

Source : Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms (1971). “Letters of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, 1853-1896”
“In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why most people are more hesitant to do print, because they can change it, and they do change it. They even change things that are in quotation marks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I've said to numerous reporters, "Would you read me back my direct quotes?" And they always say no. They always say that's against the policy.”
“It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.”
“God is preparing you for greater things. He's going to take you further than you thought possible, so don't be surprised when He asks you to think better of yourself and to act accordingly.”
“If I find what I like, maybe in about five years well be able to afford to build a home in the country.”
“Sleep is the gateway to those nightly visitations of the irrational.”

Source : Gayle Greene (2009). “Insomniac”, p.39, Univ of California Press
“If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.”
“There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and shadow would not be able to follow him and then he never ever had to look at them again. He ran and he ran as fast as he could, but the shadow and the footprints had no problems keeping up to him. And he ran even faster and all of a sudden he fell dead to the ground. But if he been standing still there hadn't been any footprints and if he had been resting under a tree his shadow had been swallowed of the trees shadow.”

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