"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."

-- Lucy Maud Montgomery

#Positive Quotes #Encouraging Quotes #Uplifting Quotes

“I'm a very self-conscious person, I think we all are, but I'm especially not very comfortable in my body. I always feel really weird and awkward on the street or on the stage. It has nothing to do with circumstances, it's just an ongoing psychological state, like white noise.”

Source : "Sufjan Stevens: 'I've always been insecure about what I do'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.
“There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.”
“Love can bear anything better than ridicule.”
“I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.”
“If you can talk the talk but cant walk the walk youll look like a fool. That's the risk but with great risk comes great reward.”
“I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world...INSIDE OUT.”

Source : "My wish: Use art to turn the world inside out". TED Prize 2011, www.ted.com. March 2011.
“I want to give up every single day of my life, but I can't. I'm obsessed.”
“The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is more capable of conveying this enlightenment than the artist.”

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