"If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression."

“Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.”

Source : "Song: 'Blessed'". 2003.

“I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for the father and the mother in every lover. Then I cracked. Then I fragmented. Then the old man in my soul found the god in herself, not in some Jungian fairy tale but in the flesh that fell from the bones and the words that came into my mouth when the look went out of their eyes.”

“The only answer to the question of the meaning of life has to begin from the fact of our human finitude, of our vulnerability and our fallibility.”

Source : Simon Critchley, Carl Cederström, Todd Kesselman (2011). “Impossible Objects”, p.33, Polity

“I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more.”

“I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.”

“I've opened my mouth on a lot of subjects. And I thought the more prestige you get, I'd have the power to do what I like. It's not true.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.”

Source : "The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros". Book by Mark Tier, 2006.

“It just seems logical that sticking to investing in only a small number of companies that you understand well, rather than moving down the list to your thirtieth or fiftieth favorite pick, would create a much greater potential to earn above-average investment returns.”

Source : Joel Greenblatt (2011). “The Big Secret for the Small Investor: A New Route to Long-Term Investment Success”, p.60, John Wiley & Sons