"The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Motivational Quotes #Family Quotes #Effort Quotes

“How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?”
“Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.”
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.”
“Portland is often trumpeted as being one of America's coolest, hippest cities. I've been to Portland many times, and I'm always like, "Yeah it's cool and hip, but also, where are all the black people? Why is this city so cool and hip, and also keeping the black people away?"”
“My studio is arranged so that I have a comfortable seating area for meeting with clients, an office area beyond that and a painting area, which includes room for art students to sit and watch as I work.”
“I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.”

Source : Pierre Boulez, Martin Cooper (1990). “Orientations: Collected Writings”, p.481, Harvard University Press
“The slime that accumulates on the underside of a soap bar when it sits in the dish too long.”
“I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have these things where you are. If you have them, what does the real world matter anyway?”

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