Thisbes Other Quotes & Sayings

As soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done. — Harry S. Truman

I speak only of myself since I do not wish to convince, I have no right to drag others into my river, I oblige no one to follow me and everybody practices his art in his own way." - Tristan Tzara "Dada Manifesto 1918 — Tristan Tzara

I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail. — Oliver Reed

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin. — George Bernard Shaw

Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will. — J.J. Johnson

I highly recommend getting older! There's less tendency to people-please. — Alanis Morissette

I think what I'm after, a lot of the time, is just honesty. What accounts for the fact that the stories we tell ourselves - the story we carry around and think of most often - are the dark ones? Maybe we have to wander around in the darkness to understand it? — Peter Orner