"Confine yourself to the present."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Philosophical Quotes #Mindfulness Quotes

“I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true.”
“An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.”
“There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to joy to joy, from wing to wing, from blossom to blossom to impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.”

Source : Li-Young Lee (1986). “Rose: Poems”, p.21, BOA Editions, Ltd.
“I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.”
“I can love the whole world except my neighbor.”
“A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.”
“Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jane Smiley from Apr 06, 2013
“But for me it's very difficult to finish music on my own. It's the fear of losing the fun. It's very easy to get a sketch of something or an idea together in a very short time, to try out something new, but to get a five minute track to play out is much harder, at least for me. When I start to construct something, it often ends in frustration.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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