“Well, one is inspired by the whole of life, one's own and somebody else's. You know how sometimes you hear great music, and music is completely untranslatable into words, into any words. A certain tension that is born when one listens to music could aid you in expressing something absolutely different.” KnowsWellsDifferentSometimesWholeCertainBornKnow HowMusic IsInspiredAidsTensionListening To MusicGreat Music Author:Wislawa Szymborska
“Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.” ShouldDifferentCertainValuesCultureWalksAcceptingStreetsWestArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisBikinisWesternersValue SystemsDifferent Values Author:John Cleese
“I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantIdeasDifferentCertainIndividualInterestingCorruptionAccidentsAcquireVery InterestingPower Corruption Author:David Morrissey
“Lately I feel films are more and more like music. Music deals with abstractions and, like film, it involves time. It has many different movements, it has much contrast. And through music you learn that, in order to get a particular beautiful feeling, you have to have started far back, arranging certain things in a certain way. You can't just cut to it.” WayFeelsDifferentFeelingsBeautifulFilmCertainOrderDealsCuttingMovementParticularContrastAbstractionArranging Author:David Lynch