“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.” 

― Albert Einstein

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?” 

― John Keats, Letters of John Keats

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.” 

― John Lennon