The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We are what we repeatedly do.
Aristotle
Poetry.
Robbie.
Robbie.
Robbie.
Robbie.
Robbie...
Writing.
Acting.
Languages.
Research.
Flying.
Jazz.
And all that jazz ;) ahahaha
Photography and lay-out.
Collecting antiques and movies - GOOD movies...
Interior design.
Architecture.
Chess.
Salsa.
Cigars.
Late night chats with Roobie.
Roof climbing with crazy friends.
Summer Garden.
Sunday evenings.
Cashmere.
Visionaire.
Law.
Text messaging to/fro a certain British #.
WASP - Airacobras - ALSIB route.
Cooking yummy Italian food (plus French, Indian, Chinese, and even a great burger at times...)
Sex - as bad as it sounds, gotta admit it :)
Some people never go crazy,
what truly horrible lives they must live
Charles Bukowsky
On its own reality is not worth a damn. It is perception that promotes reality to meaning.
Joseph Brodsky
Continue ad fare errore, si arrivera' ad errore perfetti!
Andrew "Geppo" Jepson, allenatore di rugby
Thanx, Donovan ;)
The day we stop lookin', Charlie,
is the day we die.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
MY FAVORITE CHURCH IN THE WHOLE WORLD...
And one of my favorite paintings:
John Singer Sargeant, "Daughters of Edward Darley Boit"
Anyone who wants to get it for me? ... lol
They're mostly dead anyway.
Joseph Brodsky - Marco Polo - Audrey Hepburn - Catherine the Great - Marina Tsvetaeva - Florine Watson Miller - Veronica Franco - Alexey Brodovich - Abraham Abulafia - Andrea Palladio - Coco Chanel - Peter Saville - Robert Altman - FDR - Al Pacino - Angelina - SJP - Stanislavsky - Emmanuel Lubezki - any of Michelene star chefs...
Those I can learn from. People who are aware of their actions, think abt conseguences, and take responsibility for their mistakes. People who are constantly and consciously trying to become the best person they can be.
And - last but not least!! - let me mention MY FRIENDS: amazingly talented but most of all, HUMAN AND REAL. I don't know what I would do without them. Check 'em out, and you'll see for yourself...
My friend DeShawn is cute, and kind, and caring, and SPECIAL - in every way... plus she makes these UNIQUE HAND-MADE SOAPS created especially for you! Click on the link below to find out more!!
John Coltrane is GOD, obviously. Then (minor gods) Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Diana Crall, Keith Jarrett, Cole Porter, Malcolm McLaren, Stan Getz, Nina Simone...Vivaldi, ALL of the Red Priest arrangements, baroque music in general. Paganini. Fado. Leonard Cohen. The Pogues. PULP! Joni Mitchell (her last album absolutely amazing). Leningrad, Zemfira. George Winston's "December" (thank you Max!) Mina. Lucio Battisti. Tchaikovsky. Chopin... Juanes. Fiona Apple. TOM WAITS
The Cock in top form ;)
Most of all, movies that are worth watching 4 great photography
TOP GUN (the one and only!)
A Few Good Men
Blow Up
Great Expectations
(all that green, and the artwork, and Ann Bancroft!)
Things 2 Do in Denver
U-Turn
Spy Games
Big Night
Entropy
Next Stop Wonderland
Wonderboys
Talented Mr. Ripley
The Man Who Cried
Tango
Snatch
Pirates of the Carribean
9 1/2 weeks
Stealing Beauty
Sweet November
Closer
Eyes Wide Shut
Portrait of a Lady
Wings of the Dove
True Romance
Angel Heart
The Usual Suspects
Dead Poets Society
Love Song for Bobby Long
Life Less Ordinary
Mediterraneo
Ieri, oggi, domani
Matrimonio all'italiana
Kosmos kak predchuvstvie
Shiza
Vozvraschenie
La femme d'à côté
Lost in Translation
Closer
Breakfast at Tiffanies
Charade
21 Grams
Coffee and Cigarettes
Y tu mama tambien
Gosford Park
Indochine
Il Gattopardo
The Very Bad Things
Bee Season
Tea with Mussolini
Good Morning Vietnam...
I own more movies than any store in town :)
OHMYGOD! How could I forget?? Peregon :)
Sex and the City. Here, I said it. lol
someone fucked up my booooooooooooks :(
FUCK-FUCK-FUCK-BUGGER!!! BLOODY TOM
FUCKIN SICK OF THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!
geeeeeeeeeeeez
and heroes as well??????? gone...
"Every hero becomes a bore at last" except for:
MY DAD
and Gregory Peck in a form of Roman Holiday hero :)))
pics to follow when I have more time again...