#art

Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images. ↗

— James Merrill

#could #fascinating #fit #hope #i

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#awareness #based #beings #compassion #idea

I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway. ↗

— George Michael

#by the time #certain #i #left #parts

I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#always #argentina #changed #did #dream

I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal. ↗

— Debra Messing

#ago #deal #death #different #dying

I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular "ism," but a gathering together of writers with an aesthetic approach to literature and with a lust for excellence. ↗

— John Metcalf

#approach #become #committed #excellence #gathering

With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#been #felt #haven #i #needed

Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame. ↗

— Giacomo Meyerbeer

#creativity #ennoble #fame #preserve

Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia. ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#cheesecake #commissioned #company #get #had

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart. ↗

— George Michael

#heart #listen #mind #never #peace