"When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission."

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Source : "Imagination Becomes Reality" by Janet Echelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2012.

Janet Echelman

#Ideas Quotes #Limits Quotes #Compromise Quotes

“As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.”
“Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.”
“Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my templeâ€”these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat.”
“Guys are like dogs: they never notice if you've changed your hair, but they can sense when there's another guy sniffing around their territory”
“But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.”
“I've been, I think, able to stay grounded in such a crazy business, and I attribute that a lot to my family, and especially to my mother. Because, you know, she just was always there to kind of remind me of what priorities should be. O.K., yes, I'm an artist, I'm a performer, but I'm a sister, I'm a daughter, I'm a granddaughter, I'm an aunt. Those things have to be as important, if not more important, than my career.”
“For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main thing is, does it hold good measure Heaven soon sets right all other matters!”
“I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.”

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