"No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism."

-- Walter Darby Bannard

#Art Quotes #Years Quotes #Fifty Quotes

“He who knows that all things are his mind, That all with which he meets are friendly, Is ever joyful.”
“Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep.”

Source : Charles Ives (2004). “Essays Before a Sonata”, p.125, 1st World Publishing
“Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself.”
“The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees start populating the offices on top of them.”
“When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.”
“I just . . . knew, the way you know how to breathe or to pull your hand back from a hot stove.”
“The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.”

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