"Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise."

-- Charles Rosen

#Character Quotes #Artistic Quotes #Compromise Quotes

“A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.”
“Happiness is like the first blissful intoxication of morphine.It doesn't last very long.”
“Pure, existential space was regularly winking at me, each time in a more impressive manner, and this sensation of total freedom attracted me so powerfully that I painted some monochrome surfaces just to 'see,' to 'see' with my own eyes what existential sensibility granted me: absolute freedom!”

Source : "Yves Klein, 1928 - 1962, Selected Writings". Book by Yves Klein, ed. J & J. p.15, 1974.
“Birding, after all, is just a game. Going beyond that is what is important.”
“When I first started making music, for about the first 10 years, I was always the young kid. Everyone referred to me as such in any band.”
“The charming shall inherit the Earth.”
“One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.”

Source : Piers Anthony (2002). “A Spell for Chameleon (Original Edition)”, p.20, Del Rey
“When barriers are put in front of you, it's God or the universe asking you to remember who you are, and reminding you not to let yourself be defined by things outside of you.”

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