"I am aware of existing in a nearly constant state of inner turmoil and argument. I become frustrated with my work when the solution to a creative impasse seems like a secret I don't want to tell myself. It's not that I lose faith in my work - I'm fairly certain the answers are there, but much of my energy is spent beating my psyche into revealing them."

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Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.

Phoebe Gloeckner

#Creative Quotes #Frustrated Quotes #Secret Quotes

“France cannot be France without greatness.”
“[Richard Leakey is] a robust hero of a man, who actually lives up to the clichÃ©, â€œa big man in every sense of the word.â€ Like other big men he is loved by many, feared by some, and not over-preoccupied with the judgments of any.”
“The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty ... a man with no loyalty in him, with no sense of love or reverence or devotion due to something outside and above his poor daily life, with its pains and pleasures, profits and losses, is as evil a case as man can be.”
“Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”

Source : Sarah Kay, “If I should have a daughter”
“Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.”
“Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight”
“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”
“Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.”

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