Quotes About Influence

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief.

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.

You get ideas from other people all the time.

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.

My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed.

Yeats was the greatest poet of our times . . . certainly the greatest in this language, and so far as I am able to judge, in any language.

A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.

The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.

The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable.

Ours is a time of anxiety because we have willed it to be so. Our anxiety is not imposed on us by force from outside. We impose it on our world and upon one another from within ourselves.

Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.

For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man.

Whether I'm being influenced by new music that I'm listening to, books I've read, my friends, or my faith, I'm learning all the time.

The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.