"If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself."

“The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others”

Source : Morton Feldman (1985). “Essays”

“Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and approachable.”

“All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.”

“Colour is everything, black and white is more.”

“The very commonplaces of life are components of its eternal mystery.”

Source : Gertrude Atherton (1902). “The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton”, G.N. Morang

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

Source : Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

“Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books or nonfiction books is that you don't get to hear the person's voice; you don't get them as individuals. You get a few quotes and you hear them as sort of a case study: numbers, examples, anecdotes, maybe a paragraph here, and that's about it.”

“And never forget, there is memory.”