February 28, 2011

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Quite often,...

Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in error, that we have allowed ourselves to be taken in by individuals, by objects, have dreamt up an affinity with them which immediately vanishes before our waking eye; and yet we cannot tear ourselves away, held fast by some power that seems incomprehensible to us. Sometimes, however, we become fully aware and realize that error as well as truth can move and spur us on to action. Now because action is always a decisive factor, something really good can result from an active error, because the effect of all that has been done reaches out into infinity. So although creative action is certainly always best, destroying what has been done is also not without happy consequence.
/Johann Wolfgang von Goethe/

Neil Simon: If you...

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.
/Neil Simon/

February 26, 2011

Alexander A. Bogomoletz: One must...

One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life.
/Alexander A. Bogomoletz/

February 24, 2011

Don Herold: It is...

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
/Don Herold/

February 22, 2011

Loretta Young: As an...

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.
/Loretta Young/

Jane Wagner: I bet...

I bet the worst part about dying is the part where your whole life passes before you.
/Jane Wagner/

February 21, 2011

Osho: The real...

The real thing is not the goal, the real thing is the beauty of the movement. The real thing is not reaching, the real thing is the journey. Remember, the real thing is the journey, the very traveling. It is so beautiful, why bother about the goal? And if you are too bothered about the goal, you will miss the journey, and the journey is life - the goal can only be death.
/Osho/

February 20, 2011

Dorothy Parker: Oh, life...

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,<br> A medley of extemporanea; <br>And love is a thing that can never go wrong; <br>And I am Marie of Romania.
/Dorothy Parker/

February 16, 2011

W. M. Lewis: The tragedy...

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
/W. M. Lewis/

February 14, 2011

Conrad Hall: There are...

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
/Conrad Hall/

February 09, 2011

Morton Feldman: I've been...

I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it.
/Morton Feldman/

February 07, 2011

David Elliott: We are...

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
/David Elliott/

February 02, 2011

Maxim Gorky: When work...

When work is a pleasure, life is joy.! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
/Maxim Gorky/

Sarah Bernhardt: I have,...

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.
/Sarah Bernhardt/