"The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex."

-- David James Duncan

#Alive Quotes #Environment Quotes #Surround Quotes

“Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.”
“I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.”
“It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.”
“Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they don't know how to do their jobs. "I don't know how to sell this," they explain, frowning, as though it's your fault. "I don't know how to package this. I don't know what the market is for this book. I don't know how we're going to draw attention to this." In most occupations, people try to hide their incompetence; only in publishing is it flaunted as though it were the chief qualification for the job.”
“My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.”
“Secrets have power, and that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them.”
“There has to be solidarity among the artists, songwriters and all the creative forces within that circle in order for the necessary changes to take place and for each person to get what is rightfully due.”
“The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.”

You may also like: