“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.” Charles Mingus (1922 to 1979) Charles Mingus, byname Charlie Mingus, was an American jazz composer, bassist, bandleader, and pianist whose work, integrating loosely composed passages with improvised solos, both shaped and transcended jazz trends of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s.
“In theory, there should be no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is.” William T. Harbaugh
“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.” Earl Nightingale (1921 to 1989) Earl Nightingale was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence. He was the voice during the early 1950’s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN… Read More
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 to 1882) He was an American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism.
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: All of them make me laugh.” W.H. Auden (1907 to 1973) W. H. Auden, in full Wystan Hugh Auden, was an English-born poet and man of letters who achieved early fame in the 1930’s… Read More
“The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother whether you are happy or not.” George Bernard Shaw (1856 to 1950) An Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
“Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it.” Irving Berlin (1888-1989) Irving Berlin, original name Israel Baline, was an American composer who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals. His easy mastery of… Read More
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