"The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself." — E. E. Cummings, American poet, born 1894
"Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than the sun, more last than star." — E. E. Cummings, American poet, born 1894
"I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men." — Imogen Cunningham, American photographer, born 1919
"You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive." — Merce Cunningham, American choreographer, born 1919
"Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form." — Merce Cunningham, American choreographer, born 1919
"Pray to God, You are the Spirit, and I am the trumpet, and without your breath I can give no sound." — Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic, born 1603
"Thou art gold or iron: if gold, tribulation will purify thee; if iron, it will rust thee." — Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic, born 1603
"Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it. Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood." — Marie Curie, Polish chemist, born 1867
"I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries." — Marie Curie, Polish chemist, born 1867