"I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it."

-- Josh Ritter

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I am a great believer in what we've been told time and time again by people like Joseph Campbell, "find your bliss." Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it. Find your own way and make your own contribution. Find a way to make a contribution to this society because God knows we need contributions from the coming generation. This planet and this civilization is in need. I see it as a time of need.”

Source : Interview with Karleigh Moore, tech.mit.edu. April 1, 2014.
“I lay in bed and watched moments break into phenomenal particles of panic and could actually see the divine crack of Godâ€™s ***** as he completely turned his back on me.”

Source : Arthur Nersesian (2010). “Dogrun”, p.113, Simon and Schuster
“There is no precedent of a civilian population, displaced by a war that their leadership started and lost, claiming a right to return to territory that they failed to conquer.”
“I talk to God but the sky is empty.”
“In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there is no such thing as a secret.”
“It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.”

Source : Kenny Werner (1996). “Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within”, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated
“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”

Source : Leo Calvin Rosten (1964). “The Many Worlds of L*e*o R*o*s*t*e*n: Stories, Humor, Social Commentary, Travelogues, Satire, Memoirs, Profiles, and Sundry Entertainments Never Before Published; with a Special Introd., Background Notes, Revelations and Confessions, All Hand-written and Themselves Worth the Price of Admission”
“I want you to adore the Universe, to be easily delighted, but to be prompt as well with impatience with those artists who offend your own deep notions of what the Universe is or should be. â€˜This above all ...â€™”

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