"Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers."

-- Tom Waits

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Bird Quotes

“I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.”
“Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.”
“I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.”
“Fear is not at the heart of Christianity nor of our nation. The very essence of Christian faith lies in forgiveness. Christians believe that Jesus died so we may live. He took upon himself our sins so that we may be forgiven and thereby gave us a model of forgiveness for others. This is a cycle that allows civility and progress in the face of man's faults and imperfectability.”
“My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.”
“I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract, seem to me like prison windows in which the lines, precisely are the bars.”

Source : Yves Klein (2000). “Yves Klein: Long Live the Immaterial”, Delano Greenridge Editions
“Why are people so supportive of him [Osama bin Laden] in many countries? Hes been out in these countries for decades building roads, building schools, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.”
“Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.”

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