I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Bob Dylan on architecture
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. Bob Dylan on beauty
I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change. Bob Dylan on change
There is nothing so stable as change. Bob Dylan on change
I change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. Bob Dylan on change
You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. Bob Dylan on death
Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. Bob Dylan on death
I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Bob Dylan on design
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours. Bob Dylan on dreams
I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. Bob Dylan on dreams
All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die. Bob Dylan on equality
You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever. Bob Dylan on experience
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan on freedom
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan on freedom
I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change. Bob Dylan on future
Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past. Bob Dylan on future
You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. Bob Dylan on god
What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it. Bob Dylan on good
I realize I don't do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to. Bob Dylan on good
My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world. Bob Dylan on home