Music, Art and Madness Quotations and Proverbs

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* for entertainment only - history is not an exact science - dates and quotes not guaranteed for accuracy.

Added for April 2010: (17)

I know just how frustrating it can be when you're tired and exhausted, but you still want to draw something.

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
  • Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
The freedom of poetic license.
  • Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
Why should I buy expensive art when I can make my own.
  • Piero Milani
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
  • Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
  • Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
  • Adrian Mitchell (1932 - )
Life isn't long enough for love and art.
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Moon and Sixpence
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
  • Rita Mae Brown
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.
  • Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC)
Every artist was first an amateur.
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Progress of Culture, 1876
We're actors - we're the opposite of people.
  • Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967)
You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.....
  • Carly Simon, lyrics, 1972
We stated our belief that "You're So Vain" was about David Geffen.
  • The Globe, March 2010
What a riot! Nothing to do with David Geffen. But I don’t want to say who it is. That will be too easy.
  • Carly Simon, The Daily Mail, March 26, 2010
The man's first name is David.
  • Carly Simon, CNNRadio, February 26, 2010
It's David Bowie (originally David Robert Jones).
  • The Names Blog, The Boston Globe, Feb February 26, 2010

 

 

 

 

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