Kolbjorn Martens Quotes

#1. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of fabric is governed by gravity.

Marianne Moore

#2. My real desire is to see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated traditions, old rituals, meaningless kitsch, and that we be conscious and sensorially attuned to this world in this moment that we are alive.

Karim Rashid

#3. One of my disciples, a lanky saxophonist named Sonny Rollins, played his horn for three years on a bridge in New York City, his tender jazz melodies wafting between the traffic noises. I would pause there often, on the girders, just to listen. Or

Mitch Albom

#4. For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.

Henry David Thoreau

#5. I don't really wear makeup. I don't like the feeling of it. I just put mascara on, and that's kind of it.

Gia Coppola

#6. I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

Lady Gaga

#7. Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

Luc De Clapiers

#8. Jewish success is due to a culture that promotes excellence, blessed with self discipline, education, dedication and a quest for leaving this world a better place.

Nonie Darwish