"Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort."

-- Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Effort Quotes #Purity Quotes

“Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.”
“When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity.”
“Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.”
“You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else.”
“I found it extremely annoying when somebody would say something like "You seem to be influenced by Ken Nordine." And I didn't even know who Ken Nordine was.”

Source : Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.
“Man's best friend is a really good plan!”
“Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with the doctor inside themselves.”
“Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.”

You may also like:

Jim Jarmusch
Film director
Mamoru Oshii
Filmmaker
Miyamoto Musashi
Author
Nabeshima Naoshige
Sun Tzu
Strategist
Takuan Soho
Yukio Mishima
Author
Masamune Shirow
Manga artist
Sean Michael Wilson
Writer