"Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making a living, but as a belief, an almost maniacal, sometimes insane devotion and commitment to communication."

-- David Finckel

#Art Quotes #Communication Quotes #Commitment Quotes

“Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pin-pricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but if ignored or dismissed from thought, will disappear from inanition.”

Source : Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”
“The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has becomeâ€”or else scrap it and get ready to start all over.”
“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”
“As we do not see squares in nature, I thought that it is man-made. But I have corrected myself. Because squares exist in salt crystals, our daily salt.”
“I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.”
“We need to believe in a bright, compelling and sustainable future. Fear neither motivates people long-term nor brings out the best in them. Hope is a powerful motivator.”
“Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously not frivolously, to insist that our faith is placed in and upheld by something other than seeming conjuring tricks.”
“Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.”

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