The following quotes have become a part of my own philosophy.

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. (Frank Zappa)

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. (Peter Abelard)

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. (Albert Einstein)

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. (John Ruskin)

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. (Albert Einstein)

The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.(Albert Einstein)

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds...(Albert Einstein)

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. (Albert Einstein)

--------------------------------------------------

Some of my own quotes:

... I have this blissful weakness, not being able to resist a female singing voice, following it blindly to the point where I could drown myself in it with no regret, as this ultimate bondage of Art and Beauty imposed on me, is the sweetest death and birth in one I could ever imagine. Just like Ulysses in Odyssey. Sirens.... they get you in trouble every time. (Jann Castor)

Art is a sublime form of chaos. (Jann Castor)

There are dreams in music beyond life and death joining them as one. To answer their calling is to become a fearless virtuoso. (Jann Castor)

Freedom is a choice, not a coercion. (Jann Castor)

Be your own soul - and then - you do not have to worry about winning. (Jann Castor)

We could become creators without fear and doubt like masterful Gods.. All it takes is what we already are.

(Jann Castor)