Paint, says Van Gogh
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” ~ Vincent…
frases & reflexões
Confusion is an misunderstood order
“Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.” ~ Henry Miller
A vida é simples, meu caro Watson!
Sherlock Holmes e Dr.Watson vão acampar… Montam a barraca e, depois de uma boa refeição e uma garrafa de vinho, deitam-se para dormir. Algumas…
It won’t come out of your horn
“Jazz comes from who you are, where you’ve been, what you have done. If you don´t live it, it won’t come out of your…
O sonho de ser biliardário
“Tenho que confessar: estou muito desapontado com a forma como a sociedade está vivendo. Antigamente, o sonho americano era conseguir um certo conforto, uma…
O “apolítico” é pró-status quo
“Quando a pessoa pensa que é apolítica, ela está apenas aderindo ao status quo”. Paulo Autran (sintetizando muitos outros, Brecht inclusive)
Great Being higher and lower
“When the Great Being is seen as both the higher and the lower, then the knot of the heart is rent asunder, all doubts…
Bart Simpson quote
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you’ve just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers….
Lisa Simpson quote
“It’s not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.” ~ Lisa Simpson
For Justice, Martin Luther King Jr.
“As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull…
Ends and melody, Nietzsche
“Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; and yet: if a melody has not reached its…
Thoughts, by Nietzsche
“Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations – always darker, emptier, simpler than these”. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Opinion without thought
“Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ~ John F. Kennedy
“Obstacles”
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” ~ Henry Ford
Deus quer… (F.Pessoa)
“Deus quer, o homem sonha, a obra nasce”. – Fernando Pessoa
A fool with a tool…
“a fool with a tool, is still a fool” (via Newtonfo)
Voltaire, fool some people
“You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time – but most of…
Bhagavad-Gita, two ways
“There are two ways of passing from this world – one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does…
O poeta lembra-se do futuro
Citação do dia: “Le poète se souvient de l’avenir.”(*) (*) O poeta lembra-se do futuro . (Jean Cocteau) (via Zé Geraldo)
Dalai Lama on “tagarelice”
Tem a ver com o que eu disse ontem sobre re-organização: “Quando um dia parece longo demais, a tagarelice vazia faz com que pareça…