James Baldwin // "The role of the artist is exactly the same role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of things you don’t see."
Albert Camus // "Gently, gently make room for happiness at last."
David Lynch // "People say you gotta have anger, that you gotta have an edge to create. You gotta know about anger. But you’ve gotta have energy. You’ve gotta have clarity to create. You gotta be able to catch ideas. You gotta be able to be strong enough to fight unbelievable pressure & stress in this world."
Frida Kahlo // "Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away."
Charles Bukowski // "I was laying in bed one night and I thought, 'I’ll just quit. To hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don’t quit. Save that tiny little ember of spark. And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again.'"
Bob Dylan // "Destiny is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you’re about will come true."
Mahmoud Darwish // "Drink your coffee, embrace the silence, do not take people seriously, do not take life upon yourself, do not exaggerate your emotions, and do not please anyone against your will."
Patti Smith // "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves."
Charles Bukowski // "Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The gods wait to delight in you."
David Hockney // "I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money. I’m greedy for an exciting life."
Anais Nin (& Henry Miller) // "In you, alone, I have found the same swelling of enthusiasm, the same quick rising of the blood, the fullness… Before, I almost used to think there was something wrong. Everybody else seemed to have the brakes on… I never feel the brakes. I overflow. And when I feel your excitement about life flaring next to mine, then it makes me dizzy."
Jeff Buckley // "The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It’s worth being bashed against. It’s worth getting scarred by. It’s worth pouring yourself over every one of its hot coals."