quotes by Artist Quotes

“Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.”

“Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place, and I can picture it after all these days.”

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”

“We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life”

“I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.”

“Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.”

“I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after.”

“Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.”

“I don’t think there’s an option for me to fall in love slowly, or at medium speed. I either do or I don’t.”

“There's a kind of bad that gets so overpowering you can't even talk about it.”

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”

“What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard?”

“Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.”

“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”

“And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”

“I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family.”

“True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible.”

“Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.”

“Why assume that to look is to see?”

“I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited by my agonized self, into calm. It is my fervent hope that my whole life on this earth will ever be tears and laughter. Tears that purify my heart and reveal to me the secret of life and its mystery, Laughter that brings me closer to my fellow men; Tears with which I join the broken-hearted, Laugher that symbolizes joy over my very existence.”

“Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.”

“Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“People like you always want back the love they pushed aside. But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye.”

“As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell.”

“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power. You can think about only what you know, so you ought to learn something; on the other hand, you can know only what you have thought about.”

“I slipped myself some pink Xannies/And danced around the house in all-over print panties.”

“The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small.”

“Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.”

“Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.”

“Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?”

“There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.”

“That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man.”

“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.”

“The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.”

“If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.”

“There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with. You never know who’s going to come into your life - and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don’t think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I’m with them.”

“Promise me this, that you'll stand by me forever. But if God forbid Fate should step in and force us into a goodbye. If you have children someday, when they point to the pictures please tell them my name. Tell them how the crowd went wild, tell them how I hope they shine.”

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”

“Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.”

“Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.”

“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.”

“I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'”

“The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.”

“Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.”

“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”

“I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.”