I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
— William Shakespeare 'Richard II'
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
— William Shakespeare 'Henry IV Part 2'
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
… And Vice Versa
There's many a man has more hair than wit.
— William Shakespeare 'A Comedy of Errors'
— William Shakespeare 'A Comedy of Errors'
Labels:
William Shakespeare
When The Mode Of The Music Changes
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
— William Shakespeare 'The Merchant of Venice'
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
— William Shakespeare 'The Merchant of Venice'
Labels:
Lyrics,
The Fugs,
William Shakespeare
Cry Baby
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools …
— William Shakespeare 'King Lear'
— William Shakespeare 'King Lear'
Labels:
William Shakespeare
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Happily Ever After
Hansel and Gretel are alive and well
And they're living in Berlin
She is a cocktail waitress
He had a part in a Fassbinder film
— Laurie Anderson 'The Dream Before'
And they're living in Berlin
She is a cocktail waitress
He had a part in a Fassbinder film
— Laurie Anderson 'The Dream Before'
Labels:
Laurie Anderson,
Lyrics
Monday, 4 October 2010
The Sleepwalkers
Existence is a stage on which we pass,
a sleepwalk trick for mind and heart
— Peter Hammill 'Childlike Faith In Childhood's End'
a sleepwalk trick for mind and heart
— Peter Hammill 'Childlike Faith In Childhood's End'
Sunday, 3 October 2010
From Being To Becoming
So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don’t want to love
— Nick Drake 'Time Has Told Me'
What you really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don’t want to love
— Nick Drake 'Time Has Told Me'
paraNormal Distribution
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Nothing
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
— Martin Gardner 'The Mathematical Magic Show'
— Martin Gardner 'The Mathematical Magic Show'
Friday, 1 October 2010
Thursday, 30 September 2010
The Imaginary Cinephile
I want to regard my public as infinitely intelligent, as understanding notions of the suspension of disbelief and as realising all the time that this is not a slice of life, this is openly a film.
— Peter Greenaway
— Peter Greenaway
Labels:
Cinema,
Peter Greenaway
Profit-Maximising Cinema
There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification.
— Peter Greenaway
Labels:
Cinema,
Peter Greenaway,
Social Insects
Angles On Experience
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher … or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'
Labels:
Douglas Adams
Virtual Unreality
We don't need virtual reality, we need virtual unreality.
— Peter Greenaway
— Peter Greenaway
Labels:
Peter Greenaway
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