“What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of the self? Wouldn't that color the way each individual experiences the world?”
― Asterios Polyp
― Asterios Polyp
“Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing.”
― Concrete
― Concrete
“Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
- Gloria”
― Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future
- Gloria”
― Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future
“Then there were those famous wings. Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure?”
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
― Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
“Art belongs to everybody and nobody. Art belongs to all time and no time. Art belongs to those who create it and those who savour it. Art no more belongs to the People and the Party than it once belonged to the aristocracy and the patron. Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time. Art does not exist for art’s sake: it exists for people’s sake.”
― The Noise of Time
― The Noise of Time
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