"The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that astrolabe and become oceanic."

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Rumi

#Looks Quotes #Body Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“The two teachers that I had in the Art Institute who affected me the most were Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann; Kathleen Blackshear because she taught a class called design - I can't remember, design something, and in this class - it met once a week - we would do work centered around some theme, word or subject or technique or whatever, and bring it in for a three-hour discussion. And Kathleen was able, in watching and looking at our work, to direct us to all kinds of things which might relate to what we were trying to do, but she never attempted to tell us what to do.”
“I realize I didn't like you. I just wanted to meet someone that understood me. I didn't know that you were speaking from the diary. I had mistaken it for love.”
“I'm not usually in a talkative mode.”
“It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.”
“It doesn't matter what kind of music you like or what kind of person you are or what you're used to listening to, or whether you know me or not. It doesn't matter, either way you can be inspired by it [my songs]. Each way I want to make it relatable to that group, but most of all keep the inspirational part of it, for sure."”
“If you lived with a roommate as unstable as capitalism...”
“It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.”
“When it comes to getting dressed, men are a little bit more important than handbags but less important than shoes.”

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