Art is rearranging and grouping mistakes. Don Van Vliet More Quotes by Don Van Vliet More Quotes From Don Van Vliet When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am. Don Van Vliet dolphinssmartknows There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. Don Van Vliet hamburgerspeopleworld You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. Don Van Vliet shoulddogkindness It's not worth getting into the bullshit to see what the bull ate. Don Van Vliet bullsbullshit A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond. Don Van Vliet carrotsdiamondrabbits It makes me itch to think of myself as Captain Beefheart. I don't even have a boat. Don Van Vliet boatcaptainsthinking James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong - he's good. Don Van Vliet clockmathematicsimportant I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around. Don Van Vliet paintingwant The stars are matter, We're matter, But it doesn't matter. Don Van Vliet starsmatter I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it. Don Van Vliet wantpaygiving I like the blues..... but I like aqua marine just as much. Don Van Vliet aquamarine I think people have had too much to think and ought to flex their magic muscles. It takes awhile to get oriented to what I do, but people seem to be able to hear it if they give it a chance. I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything. Don Van Vliet givingpeoplethinking I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child. Don Van Vliet parentattentionchildren The largest living land mammal is the absent mind. Don Van Vliet landmindinspirational I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself. Don Van Vliet hornyplaythinking If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school. Don Van Vliet differentwantschool Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs. Don Van Vliet slugsdylanbob The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing. Don Van Vliet difficultsoundwind Be kind, man - don't be mankind. Don Van Vliet kind-manbe-kindmen I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any. Don Van Vliet moneymadesound
