#am

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art. ↗

— Brian Eno

#ambition #art #beginning #century #considered

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. ↗

— James Thurber

#appreciative #audience #cannot #chuckle #comedy

Next I prayed to Allah, whose ears are deaf; then did I beseech his fallen twin, the Devil Hornprick, who sits upon his thorn of fire, gloating upon his constellations and counting his bloody seeds. In Baclava it is said Hornprick once caught a glimpse of the First Woman, as she sat singing to her snake in her chamber of sacred mud. Dazzled by her sight, the light of love and lust, he fell. He is still falling. For all eternity her breasts orbit his dreams. ↗

— Rikki Ducornet

#devil #woman #dreams

Fame and success are very different things. ↗

— Enya

#different things #fame #success #things #very

If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same. ↗

— Stacy Hawkins Adams

#faith #fiction #hope #inspirational #women-s-fiction

If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever. ↗

— Brian Eno

#developing #exactly #feel #forever #get

…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves. ↗

— Richard Matheson

#eternity #dreams

I am the head of the Socialists, but the party is not my property. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#head #i #i am #party #property

People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to. ↗

— Brian Eno

#call #dismiss #easy #hard #listen

Let's start anew. Life is goals--Purpose-Attempts--Struggle-Dreams and Accomplishmenties. It sounds confusing (my fault), but it's actually simple. ↗

— Eugene Mirman

#dreams