"By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones."

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Source : Wes Nisker (2012). “The Essential Crazy Wisdom”, p.111, Ten Speed Press

Wes Nisker

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“I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.”
“Look at somebody like Drake, the guy is one of the most vulnerable. He says exactly what's on his mind and that's why I respect him.”
“As a lawyer I am before and above all things for the supremacy of law.”

Source : The Queen v. Bishop of London, L. R. 23 Q. B. 452, 1889.
“I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does.”
“I just want to apologize in advance that I donâ€™t have enough subpoenas for all of you.”

Source : "The brash New York prosecutor who's indicting left and right" by Sally Jenkins, wapo.st. March 29, 2015.
“I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.”
“In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be.”
“The thing people don't understand is that touring or travelling or whatever you do in my position means you go to all these cool places all over the world, but you see everything from a car window. You don't get to see much of the city or meet people at all.”

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