Alan Watts Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973
Birthday: January 6
Death: November 16
Of what use is the universe? What is the practical application of a million galaxies? Yet just because it has no use, it has a use - which may sound like a paradox, but is not. What, for instance, is the use of playing music? If you play to make money, to outdo some other artist, to be a person of culture, or to improve your mind, you are not really playing - for your mind is not on the music. You don't swing. When you come to think of it, playing or listening to music is a pure luxury, an addiction, a waste of valuable time and money for nothing more than making elaborate patterns of sound.
source: "The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Alan Watts, (p. 92), 1966.
topic: Thinking, Artist, Swings, Time And Money, Valuable Time
