“Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.” YoungDangerousProducePoetFancy Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Personal publicity is apt to be dangerous to any writer's integrity; for the moment he begins to fancy himself as quite a person, a taint creeps into his work.” PersonsMomentsDangerousIntegrityFancyPublicityCreeps Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“Fancy has an extensive influence in morals. Some of the most powerful and dangerous feelings in nature, as those of ambition and envy, derive their principal nourishment from a cause apparently so trivial. Its effect on the common affairs of life is greater than might be supposed. Naked reality would scarcely keep the world in motion.” WorldFeelingsRealityMightLife IsCausesPowerfulCommonMoralGreaterInfluenceEffectsDangerousAmbitionAffairEnvyNakedFancyMost PowerfulPrincipalNourishment Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“You have total freedom. It's like, if you do a solo record, there are no restrictions and you can do whatever you want, good or bad. You can have these passing fancies where you go in to the studio one day and you want to do something like what you did on the way in. That's dangerous. You have to have some sort of focus.” IfsWayWantCan DoRecordsFocusDangerousOne DayStudiosPassingPassingsFancySoloRestrictionDo Whatever You Want Author:Patrick Stump