“You described the feeling you’d always had of being misplaced, of always standing to one side of yourself, of watching yourself in the world even as you were being in the world, and wondering if this was how everyone felt. That you always believed that other people had a clearer idea of what they were doing, and didn’t worry quite so much about why.” PeopleIfsWorldIdeasFeelingsFeltSidesWonderWorryStandingAlways BelieveMisplaced Author:Jay McInerney
“Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.” GivingLittlesSometimesFeelingsBehindsStandingPatienceBehind YouDictating Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“In order to create an image almost similar to that of a pencil case standing up and walking, I try to eliminate all excess by cutting. I have the feeling that this process (of "cutting off") is linked in some way to "elegance". Elegance and so-called "eliminating excess", or the beauty that remains after excess has beeen eliminated...” WayTryingFeelingsOrderProcessCasesCuttingWalkingStandingRemainsExcessLinkedPencilsEleganceEliminatingCutting Off Author:Yohji Yamamoto
“All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And singers like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters gave me the feeling that they were right there, standing by the river.” PeopleMadeFeelingsWaterRecordsStandingRiversSingersReally GreatMississippiLouisianaMuddyMemphisMississippi RiverHowlin Wolf Author:John Fogerty