"I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake."

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Source : Edgar Saltus (1906). “Vanity Square: A Story of Fifth Avenue Life”

Edgar Saltus

#Dream Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Dwelling Quotes

“I love to talk to children about making mistakes. Its important that I tell them about how I dont get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.”
“I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the bands. You won't have record shops taking 40 percent of the money. You won't have record labels taking 40 percent of the money. So they don't have to sell as many albums as they used to in the past. So it's not necessarily a bad thing if record companies disappear.”
“Self-love is the starting point for everything.”
“What was your greatest challenge? Staying alive as a business, staying ahead of the game, and melding my business life with my personal life.”
“Don't puzzle the mind with too many inquiries. One finds it difficult to put one single thing into practising, but dares invite distraction by filling the mind with too many things.”
“Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than we usually recognize; that we do not have to be confined by the limited views that our family, our society, or our own habitual thoughts impose on us; that life contains many dimensions, depths, textures, and meanings extending far beyond our familiar beliefs and concepts.”
“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.”

Source : Ralph Steiner (1978). “A point of view”, Wesleyan
“If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.”

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