A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know w….
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer..
I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it real….
I just liked the idea of being engaged..
Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t choose the ideas, they choose me. I don’t wait for….
Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable..
I think nobody can get me out. I've got a pretty good idea of what I want to hit. If I get my pitch, I'm going to get a hack in. And if I don't get y….
The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent..
I do get a little shy about contemporary language and events, but I also enjoy the idea of dating myself, somehow, anchoring a song in a specific tim….
To me, beauty is a lived thing..
A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed..
I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't just domestic and endless but I had no idea what and no inkling that it could ever be music..
Some stories we know well and some we learn as we go. Being able to shape and share these stories into new perspectives and new ideas is incredibly g….
I never, ever would or did rob anyone in my life..
Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea..
I have to do what's right..
What we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either..
I liked things better when I didn't understand them..
I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people..
It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined ….
A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved w….