“My town in Colombia is very beautiful. I don’t travel because I want to leave my home. I travel because I need to know why I’m staying.”
Best dedication ever. (From Alif, the Unseen)
“I had to quit music when I had kids because I spent all my time on them.”
“Do you regret it?”
“Absolutely not, because when I picked up the guitar again, the music came out different.”
“I had to quit music when I had kids because I spent all my time on them.”
“Do you regret it?”
“Absolutely not, because when I picked up the guitar again, the music came out different.”
“If you could be one age forever, what would it be?”
“Thirty or forty. Old enough to know who you are, but young enough that you still have plenty of mountains to climb.”
(Cambridge, MA)
[Age] makes you more aware of other people’s lives. You see more from the inside: the troubles, the sorrow, and the unfairness. And then when you accept the idea that life is good, no matter how unlucky you are, you get a firmer insight into it.
William Maxwell, 1982. Pair with Neil deGrasse Tyson on why you should live like the mayfly and Tolstoy on the meaning of life. (via explore-blog)
(via explore-blog)
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.
John Stuart Mill (via nevver)
That said, there is one quality of films that makes them susceptible to being lousy. They are expensive. Studios must ensure the profitability of their product, and when it comes to good art, the customer — or the product placement sponsor — is not always right. Limiting artists with the demands of consumers often hampers the creative process and product.
Alan Levinovitz, “Think of Bread in General: On Making Books Into Movies.” (via millionsmillions)
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