576 Quotes by Leonard Cohen

Please make me empty, if I'm empty then I can receive, if I can receive it means it comes from somewhere outside of me, if it comes from outside of me I'm not alone! I cannot bear this loneliness. Above all it is loneliness.

You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.

Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention.

And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty.

What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere.

The less I was of who I was, the better I felt.

Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm

How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?

No one masters the heart.