"How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?"

-- Lou Reed

#Art Quotes #Reality Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“I don't support gay marriage despite being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I have a very simple philosophy of life: Kindness. Ferocious, unrelenting, ruthless, committed, passionate, kindness. Life is sacred everywhere. We all have better things to do than beat each other up. Arguing for the exception is to invest it with energy, it's to negotiate the loophole. The commitment to kindness must be total.”
“If you're to the point where you're trying to overcome that means you're at the point where you've admitted that you have a problem, and that might be your strongest point in the addiction.”

Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
“An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.”

Source : "Up Front With Robert Murphy" by C. L Sulzberger, www.nytimes.com. February 23, 1964.
“When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!”
“I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.”
“I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.”
“The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.”

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