"Even this late it happens the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, sending up warm bouquets of air. Even this late the bones of the body shine and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath." — Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet, born 1934
"The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again." — Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet, born 1934
"It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back." — Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet, born 1934
"No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see." — Paul Strand, American photographer, born 1890
"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished." — Michael Strassfeld, American rabbi, born 1950
"The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play." — Richard Strauss, German composer, born 1864
"Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud." — Richard Strauss, German composer, born 1864
"Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them." — Richard Strauss, German composer, born 1864
"It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired; you quit when the gorilla is tired." — Robert Strauss, American wrestler, born 1983
"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament." — Igor Stravinsky, Russian conductor, born 1882
"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it." — Igor Stravinsky, Russian conductor, born 1882
"I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust." — Igor Stravinsky, Russian conductor, born 1882
"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me." — Barbra Streisand, American singer, born 1942
"My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?" — Barbra Streisand, American singer, born 1942