"Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?"

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Growing Quotes #Growing Old Quotes

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.”
“Without rules you can't have anything, but you don't want to just be pedantic or obsessive. The painting is finished when it's working. The overall balance is right. Balance shouldn't be confused with design. There has to be restless jostle and aggression and a bit of dynamism, not just pat-ness or settled-ness or immediate pleasing-ness.”
“I think you can realise that a lot of people in bands - well - I guess you kinda wanna... There's a lot less mystique in playing in a rock band today, than in the 60's or 70's. I don't think there's any bands that I can think of, that have this rock god myth that like Led Zeppelin had.”
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
“Hatred will never be erased! The only thing you can do... is erase the ones you hate. - Hakuryuu”
“The most profound things are inexpressible.”

Source : Jenny Holzer, Söke Dinkla (2006). “Die Macht des Wortes”, Hatje Cantz Pub
“I love hip-hop. I'm big into Jay-Z, Kanye, Little Wayne. Those are everyone's favorites, I know. I just like the fact that when they get on track and talk about whatever they're talking about, they have supreme confidence. That's pretty much what you need to have on the field. I like the way they approach their music, they feel like no one can touch them.”
“The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.”

Source : Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.171, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

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