"A culture that values only what has succeeded before, where the first rule of success is that there must be something 'measured' and counted, is not a culture that will sustain alternatives to market-driven 'creativity."

-- Sue Halpern

#Creativity Quotes #Alternatives Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!”

Source : Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 23, 2010.
“Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.”

Source : "Business Management Controls: A Guide". P. 55. Book by John Kyriazoglou, 2012.
“Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.”
“That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes.”
“There is an inflow of vital power, which is received by all living organisms during sleep ..... this vital energy is the only power by which the body may be healed, repaired, renewed or maintained”
“Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.”
“For several years I've been writing 100-word pieces. More recently I've been putting them together in groups of two and three. I don't see them as sequences, but rather as companion pieces, the way that diptychs often work. The idea comes originally from the paintings of Michael Venezia who places blocks of painted wood next to each other. Proximity is a godsend. The quote is from Wallace Stevens.”
“Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life”

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