Dibiasio Obit Quotes & Sayings

His sculpture would have joy in it, try to capture the sense of fertility of Dionysus, the nature god, the power of the intoxicating drink that enabled a man to laugh and sing and forget for a while the sorrow of his earthly miseries. And then, perhaps, at the same time he could portray the decay that came with too much forgetfulness, that he saw all around him, when man surrendered his moral and spiritual values for the pleasures of the
flesh. The Bacchus would be the central figure of his theme, a human being rather than a demigod; then there would be a child of about seven, sweet-
faced, lovable, nibbling from a bunch of grapes. His composition would have death in it too; the tiger, who liked wine and was loved by Bacchus, with the deadest, dead skin and head conceivable — Irving Stone

It's during a storm that the best songs get written. — Marty Rubin

Yet I, too, know how hard it is to peel back the veneer of your life, and to peek at the real. It's like — Jodi Picoult

Surely the greatest tragedy for men in regard to the feminine principle is that their fear alienates them from their own anima, the principle of relatedness, feeling and connection to the life force. This alienation from self obliges alienation from other men as well. Often their only connection with each other comes through superficial talk about outer events, such as sports and politics. — James Hollis

If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell. — Ottessa Moshfegh

People always understand everything in retrospect. — Agnes Denes

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse. — Tom Peters

Cruelty is a skill taught not only by example, but also by experience of it. — Robin Hobb

To know what everyone knows is to know nothing. — Remy De Gourmont

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue. — William Shakespeare