#hum

Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#nature

To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. ↗

— David McCullough

#civic-responsibility #history #humanity #life #mankind

Somewhere, the zebra is dancing. ↗

— Garth Stein

#art

A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#cod #fish #humor #images #inspirational

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke. ↗

— Steve Martin

#humor #art

The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively-- because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a 'box' around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall? ↗

— Frank Zappa

#art

What are you doing with the child?" I inquired cautiously. "I'm teachin' young James here the fine art of not pissing on his feet," he explained. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#art

Have nuts and be nuts. ↗

— Criss Jami

#courage #crazy #dreams #funny #humor

You don’t have the courage of a half-bred mongrel. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#courage #humor #hunting-ground #insults #courage

A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the doughnut toss and the march of the headless plush toys. Instead, I just heated up a skillet of plastic soldiers, poured a milkshake over my head and called it a night. ↗

— David Sedaris

#humor #art