"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

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Source : Southwestern Art Vol. 6, p. 20, 1977.

Auguste Rodin

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“Nobody needs an Artist, but everyone needs ART.”
“If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.”

Source : "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.
“Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.”
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”

Source : Shirley Maclaine (2011). “Out on a Limb”, p.364, Bantam
“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, -- some one who had the grandeur to say his say. I believe it was Magellan who said, The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church. On the prow of his ship were disobedience, defiance, scorn, and success.”
“Books have been my classroom and my confidant. Books have widened my horizons. Books have comforted me in my hardest times. Books have changed my life.”

Source : Po Bronson (2013). “What Should I Do With My Life?”, p.382, Random House
“One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”
“I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.”

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