"You are exactly who the Greatest You (aka God) most wanted to be, not a frail offshoot who must bow, curtsey, and yield to this "higher power" but an unbeknownst Lord yourself."

-- Mike Dooley

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“All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will involve discipline in time and energy â€” or there would never be any production at all to be seen, felt or enjoyed by ourselves or others. To develop â€˜Hidden Artâ€™ will also, of course, take time and energy â€“ and the balance of the use of time is a constant individual problem for all of us: what to do, and what to leave undone. One is always having to neglect one thing in order to give precedence to something else. The question is one of priorities”

Source : Edith Schaeffer (1972). “Hidden art”
“The centre of his world was the south where he was born in slavery some 79 years ago and where he did his work as a creative scientist.”
“I've no idea when I'm going to wear it, the girl replied calmly. I only knew that I had to have it. Once I tried it on, well... She shrugged. The dress claimed me.”
“We need the dark to appreciate the light. And the light always returns.”
“Personally, I feel that it is the most contemptible thing for a politician to seek personal gains from politics.”
“I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it has amused the public as well, so much the better for me.”

Source : The Idler Interview (1896), as quoted in "Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography" by Matthew Sturgis, 1999.
“I once heard someone say that prayer is more than words. It's a stance you take, a position you claim. You throw your body against the door to keep the demons from advancing and stay put until they go away.”
“Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the end it has in view is not obtained, it feels weary and remains silent.”

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