Brad Dourif Quotes

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.

The physical is only a small aspect of existence. In this cosmos, not even 1% is physical - the rest is non-physical.

Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity.

One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.

All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life.

In love's godlike breathing, there's the innermost aspect of the universe.

For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God.

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

Man is unable to see himself entirely unrelated to mankind, neither is he able to see mankind unrelated to life, nor life unrelated to the universe.

I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.

I think space and music go hand in hand in the sense that they give a little more mystery and magic to life.

I'm in tune with the universe, the sun, moon, and stars. I'm in tune with the jinns that are all around us.

NASA is my favorite website. The universe with its abstract nature attracts me. The abstract element in my poetry comes from there.

It is said that Mahatma Gandhi, when asked about Western civilization, remarked, 'I think it would be a good idea.' That's how I feel about intelligent life on Earth, especially when I think about the question of what truly intelligent life might look like elsewhere in the universe.

The building blocks of life are readily available throughout the universe.

I know this sounds weird, but I honestly believe music comes from the universe. Inspiration comes from the universe, and you drag it into your mind.

To me, life is huge and thrilling and exciting and explosive and loud. If I can make music that communicates that and reflects that, then that's an achievement.