“I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.”
Brenda Lee
“I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.”
Henri Matisse
“Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.”
Walker Evans
“Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of honey and sugar. The mighty elephant trembles in pain under the agony of sharp goad.”
John Ruskin
“The most open, joyous, free-wheeling, celebratory city in the country is broken, hurting, down on its knees. Failing. Begging for help. Somebody turn this movie off; I don't want to watch it anymore. I want a slow news day. I want a no news day.”
Chris Rose
“Be with people who lift you up, not drag you down.”
Lyndsey Ann-Marie Shepard
“SING AND DANCE AND BE JOYOUS BUT LET EACH OF YOU BE ALONE EVEN AS THE STRINGS OF THE LUTE ARE ALONE THOUGH THEY QUIVER WITH THE SAME MUSIC”
Kahil Gibran
