"Almost everything The Beatles did was great,

and it's hard to improve on.

They were our Bach.

The way to get around

it may be to keep it

as simple as possible.”

(T-Bone Burnett)

(?)

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,

My love as deep; the more I give to thee,

The more I have, for both are infinite.”

(William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)

(art by Andrew Gonzalez)

"Horror ! We imitate the top and bowling ball,

Their bounding and their waltz ; 

even in our slumber
Curiosity torments us, rolls us about,
Like a cruel Angel who lashes suns.

 
Singular destiny where the goal moves about,
And being nowhere can be anywhere !
Toward which Man, 

whose hope never grows weary,
Is ever running like a madman to find rest!"

(Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal-The Voyage)

(art by Mariusz Lewandowski; tnx Annita)

"The aim and final end of all music

should be none other than

the glory of God

and the refreshment of the soul."

(Johannes Sebastian Bach)

"And have you heard them sing

their bitter, despairing song?
Like a grand symphony ..."

(art by Misha Gordin)

"The wise find pleasure in water;

the virtuous find pleasure in hills.

The wise are active;

the virtuous are tranquil.

The wise are joyful;

the virtuous are long-lived."

(Confucius)

(art by Ryan Rachmanto)

"Life is always frightful.

We cannot help it

and we are responsible

all the same.

One's born

and at once

one is guilty..."

(art by Robert Steven Connet)

"I compare the Twist to the electric light,

The Twist is me, and I'm it.

I'm the electric light."

(Chubby Checker)

(art by capstoned; tnx Monika)

"No one saves us but ourselves.

No one can and no one may.

We ourselves must walk the path."

(Buddha)

(art by Ineke Disveld)

"I knew that all the hundred thousand pieces

of life's game were in my pocket.

A glimpse of its meaning

had stirred my reason

and I was determined

to begin the game afresh. 

I would sample its tortures

once more and shudder again

at its senselessness.

I would traverse

not once more, but often,

the hell of my inner being..."

(art by Kate MacDowell)