#pi

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#future-prediction #inspirational #reality-of-life #spontaneity #art

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence. ↗

— Ned Rorem

#artist #blaze #day #divine #each

But Zeus did not tell Aphrodite that age was catching up on him. And that Gods, just as Mortal men, suffered from Erectile Dysfunction. And that the daily harvesting of his sperm sacs by Hera & Themis in order to provide three amphoras full of seed had not helped. And that thus, he, just as all those who suffered from Erectile Dysfunction, actually preferred catching oysters & eating them rather than deflowering the owners of the oysters. And thus, the Big Crunch that had been planned, now risked becoming the Big Bathos, the Big Let Down. ↗

— Nicholas Chong

#age

Well, it so happens that I have had a spinal curvature since I was about thirteen and every once in a while that has given me some trouble, and at that time it began to kick up again. and occasionally I have to get into bed and nurse a severe backache. ↗

— Ethel Rosenberg

#again #bed #began #every #get

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all. ↗

— Isabelle Eberhardt

#freedom #inspirational #loneliness #solitude #beauty

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business. ↗

— Diana Ross

#fans #i #know #none #really

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb. ↗

— Benjamin Rush

#employed #even #frozen #hot #hot water

I am unique...I play by a different set of rules; I am not intimidated by anything. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success

My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#contribution #create #further #general #kind

How does one craft happiness out of something as important, as complicated, as unrepeatable and as easily damaged as life? ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#life #life