"Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum."

-- Ada Louise Huxtable

#Creativity Quotes #Past Quotes #Creative Quotes

“If the Britain and France had done what they were obliged to do under the treaty and sent troops to enforce the treaty when Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland, the German general staff would have turned Hitler out. And one would not have had a cause for war, and you wouldn't have had World War II.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.”

Source : Letter, 11 Aug. 1915
“What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.”
“There is no wisdom but in death”
“Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 21, 2010.
“There is no life which does not possess its own importance, no life which may not be touched by greatness at any time -- Yes, be touched by greatness and have a hand in it. (from The Mirror of Her Dreams)”

Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (2013). “The Mirror of Her Dreams”, p.282, Del Rey
“God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen”
“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”

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