"All artists, they say, are a little mad. This madness is, to a certain extent, a self-created myth designed to keep the generality away from the phenomenally close-knit creative community. Yet, in the world of the artists, the consciously eccentric are always respectful and admiring if those who have the courage to be genuinely a little mad."

-- Angela Carter

#Artist Quotes #Self Quotes #Mad Quotes

“When you are on tour in the UK it takes a few hours to get anywhere. A lot of the time you can have a beer, close your eyes for two minutes, and then you are there. In the U.S. it is much more like a road trip as all the cities are so spread apart.”
“When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.”

Source : Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin
“Iâ€™m interested in using the iconography of nature and the American landscape as surrogates or metaphors for psychological anxiety, fear or desire”
“Almost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to bear arms.”

Source : "Founding Fathers vs. Today's Progressives" by Glenn Beck, www.foxnews.com. October 30, 2009.
“You remember the night that you left me, you put me in my place. Got you in a stranglehold now baby, gonna crush your face.”
“Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.”
“Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.”
“no' when no one answered, Derek looked from face to face, then settled his glower in me. 'absolutely not.' 'um, I was the one keeping my mouth shut' I said.”

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