#ms

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#disadvantage #eye #forms #gives #governs

Laser technology has fulfilled our people's ancient dream of a blade so fine that the person it cuts remains standing and alive until he moves and cleaves. Until we move, none of us can be sure that we have not already been cut in half, or in many pieces, by a blade of light. It is safest to assume that our throats have already been slit, that the slightest alteration in our postures will cause the painless severance of our heads. ↗

— Ben Lerner

#dreams

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#heard #i #indulged #kid #probably

All men think all men mortal, but themselves. ↗

— Edward Young

#mortal #themselves #think

Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#back #know #many #singles #sold

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#better #films #money #more #rewarding

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#bound #change #each #face #happen

I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#fbi #got #i #information #look

I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off. ↗

— Robin Trower

#because #down #fender #go #i

I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#camera #captured #chances #daunting #i