Frank Zappa on art
Frank Zappa75 quotes“Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.”
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May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Republican is fine, if your a millionaire. Democrats is fair, if all you own is what you wear. Neither of them’s really right, cause neither of them care.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Modern music is people who can’t think signing artists who can’t write songs to make records for people who can’t hear.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they’re property.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich. That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa To me absurdity is the only reality.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa There’s a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn’t boastful, but some of it is. But that’s just the music, the art.
Big SeanBig Sean I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.
Jet LiJet Li I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
Jet LiJet Li Music is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
Iggy AzaleaIggy Azalea I didn’t go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.
Jet LiJet Li A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn’t worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.
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