Bertolt Brecht // "Crisis takes place when the old has not died and the new has still not been born."

Ernest Hemingway // "I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."

William S. Burroughs // "The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible."

Hermann Hesse // "My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves."

Miles Davis // "It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance."

Banksy // "I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower."

Claude Monet // "It really is appallingly difficult to do something which is complete in every respect, and I think most people are content with mere approximations. Well, my dear friend, I intend to battle on, scrape off and start again."

Yoko Ono // "Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be."

Franz Kafka // "I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person."

David Hockney // "I draw flowers everyday on my iPhone and send them to my friends, so they get fresh flowers every morning."

Gael Garcia Bernal // "It is the great adventure in life: circulating, finding each other, meeting by accident on the road."

Jane Goodall // "I want to wander in the wild."

Prince // "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life."

Colette // "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

Joan Didion // "People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called character...character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life."

Jimi Hendrix // "What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would...think in terms of feeling... You’ve got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes; you’ve got to know what goes between the notes."

Waris Ahluwalia // "I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really."

Ethan Hawke // "She and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life."

Virginia Woolf // "Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls play free."

Bertrand Russell // "Remember your humanity, and forget the rest."