Music, Art and Madness Quotations and Proverbs

* some views expressed in these quotations not neccesarily endorsed by the author of this file.
* for entertainment only - history is not an exact science - dates and quotes not guaranteed for accuracy.

Added for June 2009:

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
  • Plato (428 - 348 BC)
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
  • Al Bernstein (1950- )
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
  • Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
Every time I kiss you I'm still not certain that you really love me.
  • Elvis Aaron Presley (1935 – 1977)
I don't care about money, I just want to be wonderful.
  • Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
  • Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
  • W.C.Fields [William Claude Dukenfield] (1880 - 1946)
Each painting has its own way of evolving...When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself.
  • William Baziotes (1912 - 1963)
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
  • Chuang-tzu (369 - 286 BC), The Great Supreme
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
  • W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.
  • William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 2 scene 2

 

 

 

 

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