"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
— Oscar Wilde

"“Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality. There is gracious accommodation, yet commanding impersonality. Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self love.” "
— Camille Paglia

"The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside."
— Emily Dickinson

"“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.”"
— Charlie "Bird" Parker

"Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. "
— Georgia O'Keeffe (Georgia O'Keeffe)