Some Favorite Quotes…
“Creativity goes beyond canvas, photos, film, and media. It also catalyzes charity, philanthropy, and activism.”
— Patricia Velasquez, Activist & Actress
“When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
— Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designer and inventor
“Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.”
— Stella Adler, American actress and acting teacher
“If you’re dyslexic, you feel. You’re experiential... You are more out— you think a little bit more— I don't want to say this exclusively— but a lot of us think a little more creatively, a little more outside the box. We’re used to failing. We’re used to not being able to play in everybody else’s lanes. Life’s not as linear for a lot of dyslexics and those who are learning differently.”
What do you say to kids who have dyslexia or learning disabilities and who maybe don’t get straight As? “No one cares how much you know because Google knows more. I can look it up. It’s what you’re going to do with what you know. It’s your ability to think and be creative in that process. And that’s one thing all dyslexic kids have in common. They have to be creative. They have to find different angles. They have to see things a little differently.”
— California Governor Gavin Newsom on growing up with dyslexia during an Interview on MSNBC with Jen Psaki
“It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.”
― Aldous Huxley
We're really bad at Capitalism.
— The Anfield Wrap (Podcast about Liverpool Football Club)
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
— James McNeill Whistler, painter (1834-1903)
"I am moving forward with my music, universal language, expressing things of value. And if there's some people want to listen, they're welcome. I'm just like the birds. They sing. Those who like can listen and those who don't, don't have to."
— Sun Ra, Jazz Musician
"Designers don't just make things look pretty... It's about making life make sense."
— Allison Stevens
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”
— Greek Proverb (In addition to other attributions)
"An artist feels vulnerable to begin with, and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armor."
— Eric Maisel
The sprit of evil is negation of the life-force by fear. Only boldness can deliver us from fear. And if the risk is not taken the meaning of life is violated.
— From Carl Jung's Symbols of Transformation 1912
(James Hollis paraphrasing of quote)
People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider's webs. It's not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.
— @CrowsFault
To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.
— Leonard Bernstein
(Also credited from Elbert Hubbard in a journal he edited and published called “The Fra” for an artisan community in East Aurora, New York. The September 1911 issue featured the callout: “TWO NECESSITIES IN DOING A GREAT AND IMPORTANT WORK: A DEFINITE PLAN AND LIMITED TIME.”)
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