"In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution."

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Source : "Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening". Book by Joseph Machlis, 1955.

Bela Bartok

#Art Quotes #Development Quotes #Matter Quotes

“A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track-an inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity.”
“I actually knew Sully's sister, and I was in a band called Stripmind, and then I became roommates with Sully and being out of a band, he asked if I wanted to join in his. Tony was originally the second guitarist in the band; a guy by the name of Lee Richards was the first. The rest is pretty much history.”
“I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.”

Source : "Why writers must embrace social media, no matter the genre" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011.
“I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what I'm giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff...what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.”
“I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting.”
“He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.”
“The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.”
“Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.”

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