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David   Byrne
“It's a bit like sympathetic magic in a way: the usual Western presumption that 'primitive' rituals mimic what they desire to achieve--that phallic objects might be believed to increase male potency and playacting rainfall might somehow bring it about. I am suspicious of such obvious connections and I suspect that the connections among things, people, and processes can be equally irrational. I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song.”
David Byrne, Bicycle Diaries

Michael Ende
“there are certain treasures that kill you if you can’t share them with others.”
Michael Ende, Momo

Michael Ende
“Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.”
Michael Ende, Momo

David   Byrne
“When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that's when the details take on larger meanings.”
David Byrne, Social Exclusion

Romain Gary
“I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.”
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