"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
"It is only to the individual that a soul is given."
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
"Never lose a holy curiosity."
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat." (this one is just plain funny don't care for it much)
"The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."
"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind." (so true for me!)
"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." (a good artist's rule)
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist." (yes it is and I fell it so!)
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking."
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?"
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree"
"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. "
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." (haha so funny)
"Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."
"Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler."
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." (I try as much as possible to feel with my heart)
"Force always attracts men of low morality." (true dat)
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! "
(hahaha he's so angry yet so funny)
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination." (i'll try)
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (haha so true i know someone who'd love this quote)
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
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NO ESCAPE!!!!!! or....????
Tired
Suffering
Passionate
