Genius is eternal patience. Michelangelo
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
a human
creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him a touch is a
blow, a sound a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy
is an ecstasy, a
friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.
Add to this
cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity
to create, create,
create--so that without the creating of music or poetry
or books or
buildings or something or meaning, his very breath is
cut off from him.
He must create, must pour out creation. By some
strange, unknown,
inward urgency, he is not really alive unless he is creating.
Pearl Buck
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence:
wealth without work,
pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character,
commerce
without morality, science without humanity, worship without
sacrifice,
politics without principle. Mahatma Gandhi
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft
might win by
fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare.
Life gets better every day. It is largely a result
of a firm commitment
to make it so. Joy is there for the taking.
Take Joy! Tasha Tudor
"Don't Let the Grouches Get You!"
A title from a children's article I sold to Humpty Dumpty
Magazine.
Conceive, Believe, Receive Unknown
Pen and Ink Drawings
Family Photo gallery
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