L.E. Horn Quotes

The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible

Children ought not to be victims of the choices adults make for them.

Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.

If you worry, you die. If you don't worry, you also die. So why worry?

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flannel or jean shirt.

As is often said of photography, this photograph is a frozen moment. A frozen moment is not a moment at all.

You use metaphor to make yourself feel at home in the world. You use metaphor to extinguish the unknown. The problem is the unknown is where I want to be.

I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.

Usually, the subject matter of the image is not the subject of the work.

Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it".

Sometimes I go to sleep thinking, "I don't like this painting." But then I wake up in the morning, look at it again and think, "Actually, that's not so bad."

You try not to talk about the past too much as an artist. Instead, you focus on the continuity of your work.

The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks.

The transformation of the experience: that is pure art.

A non-analogue image has an extremely compressed life. It starts as this and, in increasingly short time spans, becomes that.

After a few days [in Iceland] I tried to take a photograph. But with my attempt to distinguish the first shot, the place disappeared on me.... I hadn't been in Iceland long enough to simply be there.

Mature? Yeah, I get told that a lot. I don't know if it's true. I guess I try to be bright.

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad.

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances.

Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.

Mistakes are the doorway to discovery.

Mistakes are doorways to discovery.

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Anyone who consistently makes you feel bad is not helping you get better.

My feeling is, music is a more eloquent international language than Coca-Cola or McDonalds.

It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.

Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.

I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

It's hard to stay on purpose if we don't know what our purpose is.

I don't want to make any huge decisions before I really know what I'm doing and am sure of myself.

One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'

There is nothing wrong with people that reasoning with them won't aggravate!

Books in your head help no one.

I'm kind of a private person in a way.

There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.

If they can't repeat it, they didn't get it.

I'm not sure I have a natural gift. I think it's just that some people have an easier time expressing their emotions, maybe because of the way they've been raised, and I've always been expressive.

In the age of mediocrity and clones, John Stowell's uniqueness and originality are a breath of fresh air. I love playing with him.

People have recognized me sometimes but not much. I'm glad my life isn't too different. I don't want it to be.

I had a really great experience so far with film acting. And most experiences from most actors, I've heard, are not like this. But I want a career that has many disciplines and many options.

Love your fellow, and not just those who agree with you.

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

Acting was just outside of the realm of possibility for me. I grew up in L.A. and around Hollywood but I literally never, honestly, considered it.

I mean, I do believe that when you walk on the stage, or onto the screen, that's your character - not you. So it's an interesting challenge, an interesting line to walk.

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

As you improve yourself, those around you benefit and are, themselves, improved!

Most of the other visitors were chained to their audio guides, looking only at what their little headsets told them was worth seeing.

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10, 000 a year as well as the lady.