"Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself."

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Source : Ralph Steiner (1978). “A point of view”, Wesleyan

Ralph Steiner

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“You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn.”
“It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.”
“Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.”
“We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming a man, to help man. Whoever heard of Jupiter or Mars or Minerva coming down and attempting to bear the burdens of men? The gods were willing enough to receive the gifts of men, but Christianity is unique in the fact that our God became a man with human infirmity and emptied Himself of the glory of heaven, in order that He might take upon Himself the sins, diseases and weakness of our humanity.”
“Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science â€” for to fill your heart with love is enough.”
“Inspiration is what keeps us well.”

Source : James Redfield (2011). “The Tenth Insight: A Pocket Guide (Storycuts)”, p.64, Random House
“its difficult to dislike a man who takes pleasure in giving away free beer.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2012). “Trapped: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Five”, p.126, Del Rey
“Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man”

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