Sure enough at Oxford, I was another Yank half a step behind.
Without artists, the order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish.
Paint with whatever material you please - with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, painted paper, or newspapers.
Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed.
I hate artists who are not of their time.
We cannot carry our father's corpse with us everywhere we go.
One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.
[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.
For me, every human is a little bit an exaggerated version of a real human - in most cases, they are versions of myself. I am someone deeply motivated by extremes - the poles not only become home for me, but they also become, strangely, my comfort zones.
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
Alone, there is only the person inside. I've grown to like her better than the stuck-up husk of me. Alone, there is no perfect daughter, no gifted high school junior, no Kristina Georgia Snow. There is only Bree. " (Ellen Hopkins)