"Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano. What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again."

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Source : David Markson (1995). “Wittgenstein's mistress”, Dalkey Archive Pr

David Markson

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“Never place a period where God has placed a comma.”

Source : "Two Minutes for God: Quick Fixes for the Spirit". Book by Peter B. Panagore, 2007.
“On the Internet, everyone is writing. There is a great flowering of writing.”
“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”
“Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.”
“The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of Boucher...”
“If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us.”
“I never really look back. I just approach life (taking) it one day at a time. I'm just really grateful.”

Source : "Katie Holmes On Life After Tom Cruise: ‘I Never Really Look Back’" By Lily Karlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2014.
“Theres something incredible about putting a helmet on just before a game; its a feeling only a football player knows. Your vision narrows, and the whole world shrinks. You cant hear much of what goes on outside you, but you can hear yourself breathe and you can feel yourself sweat.”

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