"To me the purpose of art is to produce something alive...but with a separate, and of course one hopes, with an everlasting life of its own."

-- Henry Green

#Art Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Alive Quotes

“The question of societal fairness is always pertinent.”
“...I don't have concrete plans for the future. I just think of success and keep a successful attitude. Success is 99 percent preparation. If you set yourself up for winning, rarely will you fail.”
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.”
“I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.”
“The funny thing about making this record and being away from the girls and on my own in LA is that it allowed me to reflect on how much we've accomplished.”
“People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way.”
“Advice to persons about to marry - don't”

Source : George Cruikshank, Henry George Hine, Rigdum Funnidos (gent.), Horace Mayhew, Henry Mayhew (1912). “Comic Almanack and Diary”
“You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.”

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