Marty Quotes

Artists must remain in a state of awe to remain artists.

There is no end to wonder once one starts really looking.

I still find the moon more amazing than the fact men have walked on it.

To one who loves birds, morning always wakes up singing.

Every line is the perfect length if you don't measure it.

To stay sane in a mad world is the real victory.

To remain sane in a mad world is the true victory.

Open your eyes and breathe deeply. Wisdom is in the air.

Who gave fire permission to burn?

I have no resentments, no complaints, no ax to grind. I simply feel what I feel and do what I do.

The head follows the feet. We act first and find reasons later.

The love of life begins with the love of one person.

We are fighting now to save that endangered species-the individual.

You have to let the balloon go if you want to see it fly.

Seize the day, then let it go.

It isn't drugs addicts have to give up. It's misery.

Humor is the salvation of those without hope.

The thought of death destroys some people and saves others.

Struggle is less effective than doing nothing.

A writer's tragedy: to know all the words and nothing else.

The skies give no warning when they fall.

What is is plenty, but more is never enough.

We love to love and feel loved because love is the greatest pleasure of all.

Pretending is one of our greatest pleasures. But you have to know you're pretending.

May your wants be few and your pleasures many.

There is no sweeter pleasure than wandering aimlessly about.

Passing pleasures, like passing clouds, are all we have.

Enjoying nonsense is one of life's primal pleasures.

No one plants rosebushes for the thorns.

Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long.

An avalanche doesn't look back at the damage it causes.

When you stop expecting miracles, life is the miracle.

We expect miracles from love but love has only itself to give.

You don't love someone because it's the logical thing to do.

Life corrects the errors of logic.

Geniuses are a dime a dozen. The truly tolerant are rare.

The real rain dance is when the rain dances.

Intuition: the feeling you know something when you know nothing.

Sometimes I feel certain that the hyenas are laughing at us.

If I didn't laugh, absurdity would get the best of me.

Envy expresses itself through condemnation. The louder the condemnation the greater the envy.

More than jealousy or possessiveness pettiness kills love.

A fool who cursed the sun was surprised to see it still shining.

Cruelty is the surest sign of stupidity.

Eternity: the length of a life.

Everything rusts, rots, crumbles, vanishes. The infinite will just take a little bit longer.

I believe in the brief eternity of the rose.

Feelings of superiority always stem from an illusion.

If the light's not in you, you're in the dark.

It's fun to invent systems and meanings and then poke holes in them.