"God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments"

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Oswald Chambers

#Creating Quotes #Moments Quotes #Divine Quotes

“You make good work by (among other things) making lots of work that isn't very good, and gradually weeding out the parts that aren't good, the parts that aren't yours. It's called feedback, and it's the most direct route to learning about your own vision. It's also called doing your work. After all, someone has to do your work, and you're the closest person around.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.26, Image Continuum Press
“Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art.”
“The math helps you have better understanding and helps you have more creative ideas, but you can't replace the creative ideas”
“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”
“I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.”

Source : Flannery O'Connor (1969). “Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose”, p.118, Macmillan
“In fact, isn't it a joy - there is hardly a greater one - to find a new book, a living book, and to know that it will remain with you while life lasts?”
“One's palate is reborn every morning!”
“What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.”

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