Quotes from David Elliott

And the road is a villain And the road is a friend And the road is a story No beginning no end

Though all I whisper in your ear is true, truth's not always evident or just; sometime's it's brutal as a fist. You scratch your head. You wonder what to do. You have no choice. You must persist.

Shouting "Ciao!" in the rosy middle-fucking-fingered dawn.

Asterion. She calls me by my name, and lights this sunless coffin like a flame.

There are many days I wonder - why me? Why was I born into this family? This body? This time? This land? This space? Did nature play a joke or simply misplace the instructions about who I was meant to be?

And the road is a villain And the road is a friend And the road is a story No beginning no end And the road is a question And the road is an answer And the road will transform you A sly necromancer And the road is a melody And the road is a howl And the road is a paradox A grin and a scowl And the road will not tell Where it's been where it leads And the road is alive It sings and it bleeds Who takes the road Can never return For the road is a fire All pilgrims will burn.

Some folks say That he's my son! I guess it's possible, you know. I've had so many one-night stands, So many whams and bams and thank-me-ma'ams, I can't keep track of every mademoiselle. Plus, I'm not the type to kiss and tell.

The more repressed the mortal, The dirtier the mind.

What is a woman? Her brothers' sister, her father's daughter, Her husband's wife, her children's mother

I'm getting soft! I need the sea! I miss its greens and blues and grays. Its singing whales. Its silent rays. Its shipwrecks resting on the sand. Undiscovered and unmanned Removed now from all history I miss the sea! Its mystery. Its kelp. Its creatures. Crabs and corals Devoid of complicating morals. Its secrets. All its saline riches. I'm going home.

The educator and the public need to have an opportunity to discuss why certain art is important.

We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such.

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

Once we start collecting, the more you have, the more it gets valuable and that will stop us from responding to the present and taking on new ideas what the artists are doing now.