“Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.”— Stephen Sondheim, en.wikipedia.org
“For he who creates must be a world of his own and everything within himself and in the natural world that he has elected to follow.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Attempt to raise the sunken sensations of this distant past; your self will become the stronger for it, your loneliness will open up and become a twilit dwelling in which the noise other people make is only heard far off. And if from this turn inwards, from this submersion in your own world, there c…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Time, memory, loss, and love are my artistic concerns, but time, among all of them, becomes the determinant.”— Sally Mann, theguardian.com
“Piano remains my secure resort, like a temple for a disillusioned believer, in times of doldrums and uncertainty – but living in a shelter hardly ever tastes of life.”— Julia Laksa, thoughtcatalog.com
“No artist is bred by inner harmony – music felt as the safest form of expression, as it can only be understood by the like-minded.”— Julia Laksa, thoughtcatalog.com