Guryev City Quotes & Sayings

It was at Harvard not quite forty years ago that I went into an anechoic [totally silent] chamber not expecting in that silent room to hear two sounds: one high, my nervous system in operation, one low, my blood in circulation. The reason I did not expect to hear those two sounds was that they were set into vibration without any intention on my part. That experience gave my life direction, the exploration of nonintention. No one else was doing that. I would do it for us. I did not know immediately what I was doing, nor, after all these years, have I found out much. I compose music. — John Cage

I can't prove that God doesn't exist, but I'd much rather live in a universe without one. — Lawrence M. Krauss

Make the kind of music you love even if you never hear it on the air. This was the basic lesson I'd gotten from Alan [Lomax]. Alan said, Pete, look at all this great music around. You never hear it on the radio, but it's right there, great music. — Pete Seeger

What a rush you're in to show me the last dregs of your vile soul! — Giacomo Puccini

When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent. — Jennifer Lawrence

No matter how many wrong turns we've taken and no matter how many detours we've been down, it's God's grace that gets us back onto the parade route. — Mark Batterson

What they don't tell you is that you're more confused at twenty than you were at seventeen — Penelope Douglas