Quotes 255: Leonard Cohen

Anthem

"Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in." 

–– Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist

via Sketchbook 2, 2007, p. 118

Quotes 254: Anna Castelli Ferrieri

"It's not true that what is useful is beautiful. It is what is beautiful that is useful. Beauty can improve people's way of life and thinking." 

–– Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1918-2006), Italian architect and industrial designer 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 20

Quotes 253: Albert Einstein

"Games are the most elevated form of investigation."

–– Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American theoretical physicist 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 21

Quotes 252: Marcel Proust

"Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees." 

–– Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French writer and critic 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 14

Quotes 251: Rumi

"This is now. Now is, 

all there is. Don't wait for Then,

strike the spark, light the fire. 

Sit at the Beloved's table, 

feast with gusto, drink your fill. 

then dance 

the way branches of jasmine and cypress 

dance in a spring wind. 

The green earth 

is your cloth; 

tailor your robe 

with dignity and grace.

–– Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic; interpretation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), American poet 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 1

Quotes 250: Edgar Degas

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." 

–– Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French artist 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 1

Quotes 249: Mickey Hart

"Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith." 

–– Mickey Hart (b. 1943), American percussionist and musicologist 

via Sketchbook #2, p. 1