"The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself."

-- Alexander Smith

#Artist Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Individuality Quotes

“Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you.”

Source : Song: Better Things
“Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'.”

Source : "Survival of the fittest Darwinians" by Neal Ascherson, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2004.
“Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted on the walls of prehistoric caves, inscribed in the languages of Egyptian myth, Greek philosophy, Hindu religion, Christian art, our own DNA. Belonging within the circle of mankind's intimate acquaintance ... constant albeit speechless companions, they supplied energies fit to be harnessed or roasted.”
“She say guilt is a useless emotion." "Oh, please," says Nancy. "Guilt is what separates humans from animals.”
“I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.”
“If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.”
“The men with stars on their shoulders supporting gays serving in the military is going to have a profound impact.”
“[Bob] Dylan may, for whatever reasons of his own, do nothing of the sort with the Nobel committee. Up there on Parnassus, that is his unquestionable prerogative. But here on my anthill, it's mine to say: oh, do piss off, you ineffable snobs.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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