“Ah, you coward! Look at you, running."
"Actually, it's called improvising.”
Jonathan Stroud book Heroes of the Valley
Source: Heroes of the Valley
Why Violinist Hilary Hahn Will Never Just Stick to the Classical Repertoire (2012)
“Ah, you coward! Look at you, running."
"Actually, it's called improvising.”
Jonathan Stroud book Heroes of the Valley
Source: Heroes of the Valley
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Kenneth Noland (1924–2010) American artist
Kenneth Noland, p. 8
Conversation with Karen Wilkin' (1986-1988)
Akira Ifukube (1914–2006) Japanese composer
As quoted by David Milner, "Akira Ifukube Interview I" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/ifukub.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)
“We all believe in the regulations, but you have to know how to interpret them.”
Mario Vargas Llosa book The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero (1963)
Hermann Hesse book The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game (1943)
Context: "If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted one way and then again interpreted in the opposite sense. The whole of history can be explained as development and progress and can also be seen as nothing but decadence and meaninglessness. Isn't there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?"
The Master had never heard him speak so fervently. He walked on in silence for a little, then said, "There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught. Be prepared for conflicts, Joseph Knecht — I can see they have already begun."
“There are relatively few ideas that you can do just by yourself.”
Paul Allen (1953–2018) American inventor, investor and philanthropist
Success: "Paul Allen is No Second Act" https://www.success.com/article/paul-allen-is-no-second-act (27 January 2009)
Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) Indian political leader
From his speech given on 28 November 1960 at laying the foundation-stone of the building of the Law Institute of India, in: p. 16
Presidents of India, 1950-2003
Bruno Schulz (1892–1942) Polish novelist and painter
“Spring” http://www.schulzian.net/translation/sanatorium/spring01.htm <br class="br">His father, Books
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960) Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst
Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable