"Adversity is a stimulus."

-- James Broughton

#Adversity Quotes #Stimulus Quotes

“The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself. This inner space is closer to the infinite than the other, and it is the privilege of the balanced mind... and the search for an equilibrium is essential - to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.”
“I don't want to become a brand and I certainly don't want to have a persona.”
“One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in which it is written. Secondly, it must say something significant about a reality common to us all, but perceived from a unique perspective. What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.”
“My fears are agitated to an extreme degree and the dread of death involves me in a stupor of chilling indisposition.”
“Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.”
“Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.”
“I think to scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and those who refuse to be scandalized are moralists.”
“Improvisation is terribly haphazard.”

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