"Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naÃ¯vetÃ©, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do."

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Source : Steve Martin (2007). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

Steve Martin

#Art Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“Man is more than an animal only in that he finds expression for the beautiful.”
“Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the open discussion of countervailing views.”
“This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization.”
“More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.”
“Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2011). “Prince of Thorns”, p.66, Penguin
“Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning.”
“Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the light and only by sincerely confessing one's sins to God that one finds true peace and true joy. It is therefore important to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly, especially during Lent, in order to receive the Lord's forgiveness and to intensify our process of conversion.”
“I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.”

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