The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
Miguel De CervantesRead
Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that becoming a poet is a contagious and permanent affliction.
Cervantes humorously implies that the desire to create poetry is not only a delightful aspiration but also a kind of madness that one cannot escape once it takes hold. This reflects the passionate and often overwhelming nature of artistic expression, suggesting that those who become poets may find it to be both a wonderful gift and an uncontrollable challenge in their lives.
In practice
During a literary event, one might use this quote to highlight the unpredictable journey of becoming an artist.
The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
Patience and shuffle the cards.
It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.
When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.
This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.
I ask of cinema what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs.
I love singing. I love it, and it doesn't feel like a chore. It's an expression.
There's a steady forward march of a creative process that some of us stay with and don't give up - that should be an admirable thing - from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker to Miles to Ornette and some people who are not even known today - some kids coming up - people who are out to change the world.
Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.
Colors are the deeds/ and sufferings of light.
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