Source: Horns
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist
In notes to Anita Pollitzer, Abiquiu, New Mexico, (after February, 1968); as quoted in The Complete Correspondence of Georgia O’Keeffe & Anita Pollitzer, ed. Clive Giboire, Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster Inc., New York, 1990, p. 324
1960s
“I am interested in music that, while being experimental, is still great and fun to listen to.”
Jesper Kyd (1972) musician
Teamxbox, Audiophile interview, 2003
Bertrand Russell book The Conquest of Happiness
Variant: The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile
Source: 1930s, The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
“Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.”
Marilyn vos Savant (1946) US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
Source: Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste
Morton Feldman (1926–1987) American avant-garde composer
Quoted in a 1976 interview, published in Desert Plants by Walter Zimmermann.
“I'm not interested in being a "lover." I'm interested in only being love.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“Happy people are rarely interesting.”
Janette Rallison (1966) American writer
Source: My Fair Godmother
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
What Are Masterpieces and Why Are There So Few of Them (1936), Afterword of a later edition
