“The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.” MeanArtIndividualBornFieldsGrewGeniusMusicianWestWesternGrassSoilArt Music Author:Toru Takemitsu
“What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself strikes him as commonplace, when in truth a blade of grass or a neuron in the brain is a greater miracle.” MeanPersonsLawBrainGreaterOrdinaryMiracleStrikesGrassGrossBladesLaws Of NatureCommonplaceDistortionNeuronsSuspensionBlades Of GrassOrdinary Person Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris
“That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass.” MeanInterestTreeGrassBranchesRoofLeafsBladesBlades Of GrassTilesCalligraphy Author:Joan Miro
“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that goddamned line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.” IfsWayGivingMeanLongSometimesEnoughKidsMotherDesireEvilLinesWalksWonderStepsCuttingSaintGrassScareBleedingRazors Book:Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel