"Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Letting Go Quotes #Dark Quotes #Artist Quotes

“There have been times I thought that when I got a certain point in the story, a certain character was going to do a certain thing, only to get to that point and have the character make clear that he or she doesn't want to do that at all. That long phone conversation I thought the character was going to have? He hangs up the phone before the other person answers, and twenty pages of dialog I had half written in my head go out the window.”

Source : "Steve Erickson and Zeroville: An Interview with a True American Original". Interview With Jeff VanderMeer, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.
“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!”
“The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength”
“The cure for unhappiness...It's this: What a person needs is always more than they say.”
“I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When you get above the line, you're above the line. So my thing is I just want to make music where I am always above that line.”

Source : "Above the Line: An Interview with Adrian Younge". AllHipHop.com Interview, allhiphop.com. July 10, 2015.
“I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.”
“Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.”

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