Mr Shahabi

“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“أسوأ الأشياء يا سيدي أن نتحدث عن أخلاق لا نمارسها.. وفضائل لا نعرفها.. وأنتم تكلمتم كثيراً عن الأخلاق ولم يكن الأمر أكثر من مسرحية هزلية رخيصة أضاعت أجيالاً وأفسدت وطناً”
― فاروق جويدة , ليس للحب أوان

“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Correction

“Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Concrete