"The art of nations is to be accumulative, just as science and history are; the work of living men not superseding, but building itself upon the work of the past."

-- John Ruskin

#Art Quotes #Past Quotes #Men Quotes

“Somewhere along the line, I conditioned myself to be a quick thinker. I take a step back and try to assess the situation, then make the best decision possible at the moment.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.”
“The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.”

Source : Reginald (1904) "Reginald at the Carlton"
“...one of hallmarks of a creative person is the ability to tolerate ambiguity, dissonance, inconsistency, things out of place. But one of the rules of a well-run corporation is that surprise is to be minimized. Yet if this rule were applied to the creative process, nothing worth reading would get written, nothing worth seeing would get painted, nothing worth living with and using would ever get designed.”
“I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.”
“You work for so long on a graphic novel that it's easy to question your ideas or to burn out on drawing. But you plug away at it and trust in the story you want to tell. It's a marathon, but the finished product is really satisfying.”
“I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.”
“Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.”

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