Why We Do What We Do (Or Should)

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

Ozzy Osbourne

Obsessions R Us

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

                                                                                  Franz Kafka

Guts to the Door

I fought for all those words. [Life] made me dig deep... I think at least a part of what drives us is trying to know the unknown. To get to that door, so it can be opened. You find that, more often than not, you really weren't all that interested in what was behind the door––getting there was what it was all about.

                                                                                                                    Henry Rollins

Lighting into the darkness of wo/men's hearts ain't easy

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.

Herbert Von Karajan

To achieve great things, two things are needed; A plan, and not quite enough time.

Leonard Bernstein

Jack White Says Think Smaller

If you can't do it with a thrift shop guitar, buzzing amp, and your dilettante girlfriend on drums, don't bother. Unless you do it because you can't NOT do it, surrender now. If you're not creating because you can't find the time or energy or space, your equipment or resources aren't up to the task of your grand vision, then give up. You're a fraud.

But, if your writing/art/music/dance/acting teacher thinks you can't but think you must, you may just be onto something: Maybe not yet, but eventually. 

Full article here.

Soul Talking

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to.

Jim Jarmusch

Honestly

Truth is fire, and to tell the truth means to burn and glow.

Gustave Klimt