Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes composition fit monk
People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world. Matthew Shipp generationpeopleprisoner Change image and share on social
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. Matthew Shipp confrontationalelementiconoclastic Change image and share on social
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed. Matthew Shipp holepeoplepigeon Change image and share on social
As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.' Bill Cosby basketbrotherchild share on social
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. Edward Weston compositionconsultgravity Change image and share on social
I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food. Kabir Bedi begbowlbuddhism Change image and share on social