Crispell Quotes & Sayings

Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz. — Jon Pareles

You are the Worst Kind of Animal. A Butcher by Day and a Pussy Cat by Night. — Monroe Ariel

I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader. — Harriet Harman

The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for. — Mark Twain

I was pretty impressed during the opening of one of my shows, when the five-year-old daughter of a well-known movie actress took a running jump at one of my paintings, like she was diving into a swimming pool. I preferred to treat her impulse as a compliment rather than insult. Sadly she hurt herself more than the painting. — James Nares

Personal opinion time: some of the bravest, strangest, coolest stories right now are being told in the young adult space. It's stuff that doesn't fly by tropes or adhere to rules
appropriate, perhaps, since young adults tend to flick cigarettes in the eyes of the rules and don't play by social norms as much as adults do. — Chuck Wendig

There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity.
There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is Vanity.
There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love. — Bernard Of Clairvaux

Juliette," I whisper. "What are you doing here?"
I'm half-dressed, getting ready for my day, and it's too early for visitors. These hours just before the sun rises are my only moments of peace, and no one should be in here. It seems impossible she gained access to my private quarters.
Someone should've stopped her.
Instead, she's standing in my doorway, staring at me. I've seen her so many times, but this is different - it's causing me physical pain to look at her. But somehow I still find myself drawn to her, wanting to be near her. — Tahereh Mafi

Life is shitty sometimes, Rachel. But what good does it do to run away from everything because you're afraid of something bad happening? — Susan Bishop Crispell

Obviously the way that I talk and the way that I dress all has to do with the way that I was raised. As far as the drive, when I was 18 or 21 years old, everything I did was because I wanted to go play music simply because that's what I wanted to do. — Cody Johnson

How many times have I turned away? How may voices have I chosen to ignore, my own not least of all? How far into darkness, into shadow, must one crawl not to see? And how can the blind walk out? - C.V. Dreesman, The Marksmith — C.V. Dreesman

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us. — Rachel Naomi Remen

Only the most hardy of living things survive renewal. — Elizabeth Lowell

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise. — Johan Cruyff

We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude.
[Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.] — Ovid