Quotations

"Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar."

— Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter, born 1917

"I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me."

— Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter, born 1917

"I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it."

— Tammy Wynette, American singer, born 1942

"Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer."

— Swami X, American boardwalk performer, born 1914

"I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes."

— Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Nobel Prize laureate, born 1955

"As the black night descended from the heavens, I knew that in the blink of an eye I would witness the death of the sunset. I saw the exposed and firm chest of the vast earth; its pose was one of calling, of beckoning. And just as a mother beckons her children, so the earth beckoned the coming of night."

— Yu Xinhua, Chinese poet, born 1976

"My mother often said, as long as a person is happy at work, then poverty is nothing to be ashamed of."

— Yu Xinhua, Chinese poet, born 1976

"Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows. I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely."

— Weird Al Yankovic, American comedian, born 1959

"Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts."

— Yanni, Greek-American composer, born 1954

"When people sing together, community is created. Together we rejoice, we celebrate, we mourn and we comfort each other. Through music, we reach each others hearts and souls. Music allows us to find a connection."

— Peter Yarrow, American singer, born 1938

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

— William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865

"An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing."

— William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865

"A mermaid found a swimming lad, picked him up for her own, pressed her body to his body, laughed; and plunging down, forgot in cruel happiness, that even lovers drown."

— William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865

"There is another world, but it is in this one."

— William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865