Majima Quotes & Sayings

Tell me, you people out there, what is poetry anyway?
Can anyone die without even a little? — Mark Strand

Here is the rule of thumb: if you aren't giving anything up, it isn't moral and it isn't courage. Stumbles, sacrifices, inner struggle, false starts and wrong turns, conflict with parents and peers-these are some of the signs of the genuine article The way you know it's real is if it hurts. — William Deresiewicz

Lovers have a language that can be lost
how to speak, how to touch, when to try. — Parke Godwin

For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante. — Robert Gottlieb

I'm as far away from technology as possible. But I like to be as present as possible. — Beau Garrett

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness. — Margaret Thatcher

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite. — Kanye West