quotations thread!

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Sun May 10, 2009 11:07 am

''It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.'' - Aphex Twin

untune · Post by **untune** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:59 pm

"There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so" - William Shakespeare

88marquis · Post by **88marquis** » Sun May 10, 2009 3:32 pm

jakestott wrote:''It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.'' - Aphex Twin

Its funny how he told Radiohead that he didn't like them, and then Radiohead did the same to Hanna Montana.. =P

observation · Post by **observation** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:53 pm

saturdayindex wrote:
Guido wrote:Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

By Alphonse de Lamartine.
Excellent quote. I'm using that somewhere, someday.

Also--Observation, I've been meaning to pick up some Carlos Castenada. Any recommendations?

Oh Jesus, sorry man I wasn't ignoring you, I just missed this thread for a while. Um, yeah I liked The Teachings Of Don Juan very much. Castaneda is actually quite an irritating figure in those books sometimes - he comes over as callow and very one-dimensional against Don Juan's silence and wisdom. But I think he intended to portray himself that way. You should also check out on current thoughts about the veracity of the books, as many people say Castaneda made it all up and presented it as semi-anthropological findings, even that Don Juan himself was fictional. Even if this is so, they remain interesting object lessons in perception, especially for someone like me who has no religious faith or philosophical affiliation. I almost find the books more interesting because Don Juan might be fictional, although I dearly hope he was a real man. A Separate Reality is also good, Journey to Ixtlan started to get a bit ponderous for me.

In the spirit of providing a quote, Time magazine apparently rolled out this rather disrespectful one about Castaneda - "an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a tortilla."

Enjoy.

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:13 pm

88marquis wrote:
jakestott wrote:''It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.'' - Aphex Twin
Its funny how he told Radiohead that he didn't like them, and then Radiohead did the same to Hanna Montana.. =P

And then she freaked out, and got all upset

.

Here's another favourite quote...

''When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me.'' - Morrissey

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:20 am

turquoise70 wrote:
jakestott wrote:''When we separate music from life we get art.'' - John Cage
brilliant, john cage is awesome!

you're right john cage is awesome

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:29 am

747Music wrote:
you're right john cage is awesome

yeah, well....he died in MK: annihilation. at the beginning even. ha!

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:45 pm

Some of my favorite quotes are from Salvador Dali:

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

"In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob."

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them."

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad."

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

"Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali."

jakestott wrote:''It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.'' - Aphex Twin

I'd hope he'd feel that way. Mr. James is quite a humble fellow from what I can tell.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:04 pm

I love Dali's artwork but I never understood his personality, he's almost not even human. I think some people are born with the makings of a totally self-satisfied person, and others are born destined to be troubled and tormented, and Dali would definitely fall into the former camp unless I'm missing something very big about him.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:01 pm

turquoise70 wrote:I love Dali's artwork but I never understood his personality, he's almost not even human. I think some people are born with the makings of a totally self-satisfied person, and others are born destined to be troubled and tormented, and Dali would definitely fall into the former camp unless I'm missing something very big about him.

I agree with you, it almost seems like he IS drugs.

"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
Abraham Maslow

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:28 pm

Dali is that surreal painter right? He is great, love his stuff.

- Chuck Norris tears heal cancer, to bad he never cries. (of that random chuck norris quotes site)

Thats a fucking great 1 xD

(parenthesis) · Post by **(parenthesis)** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:12 pm

turquoise70 wrote:I love Dali's artwork but I never understood his personality, he's almost not even human. I think some people are born with the makings of a totally self-satisfied person, and others are born destined to be troubled and tormented, and Dali would definitely fall into the former camp unless I'm missing something very big about him.

I know, the guy is an amazing artist. I've loved his stuff since I was a kid.

dp · Post by dp » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:12 am

i'll probably get bashed for this quote, but i think it holds a lot of truth. and also it shows the madness of the man who said it:

"All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those toward whom it is directed will understand it... Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise."-- Adolf Hitler

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:30 pm

*revive*

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.

Milan Kundera in The Unbearable Lightness Of Being. This is probably an often-cited and well-known quote, but it deserves its place in the quotations thread of a forum that revolves around a band so permeated with a longing for the past.