If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Perspective
Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Perspective
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. – Saint Francis de Sales Category: Perspective
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. – Bern Williams Category: Perspective
My mom loved rock n roll. My father hated it. We couldnt play it when he was around. – Patti Smith Category: mom
There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do. – James Levine Category: relationship
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. – W. H. Auden Category: Music
