Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim. Ivor Cutler More Quotes by Ivor Cutler More Quotes From Ivor Cutler I do not know what dust is, I do not know where it comes from, I only know that it settles on things. I cannot see it in the air, or watch it fall. Sometimes Im home all day but I never see it sliding about looking for a place to rest when my back is turned. Does it wait til I go out? Or, does it happen in the night when I sleep? Dust is not fussy about the places it chooses, though it seems to prefer still objects. Sometimes, out of kindness, I let it lie for weeks. On some places it will lie forever. However, dust holds no grudges and once removed it will always return, in a friendly way. Ivor Cutler kindness lying fall I was stuck on the side of a mountain in Scotland. I was looking down on emptiness. I lay on my back and looked around in panic. I prayed to God and relaxed. I realised if I turned carefully on my front I could see bits of grass to hold on to. Ivor Cutler scotland mountain sides The best thing about being dead is you no longer have to say 'I wish I were dead.' Ivor Cutler best-things alive wish There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still. Ivor Cutler scotland verbs scotch
