"An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please."

-- Andre Malraux

#Freedom Quotes #Artist Quotes #Genius Quotes

“By believing yourÂ work is a 'gift,' it radically changes what you create.Â I think this is a revolutionary idea.Â It's no longer about client approval or a paycheck, but aspiring to make work that has meaning and purpose in your life and for your audience.”
“People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.”
“You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.”
“If you want to live a meaningfully better life, you're going to have to make the dangerous choice to dissent. A life lived meaningfully isn't denominated by digital friends, designer logos, or wads of paper notes. It's denominated by what you've lived, what it's worth to you, and what that's worth to humanity.”
“I'm bad at rationalisation - very bad.”
“When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied that wisdom; it has become integrated into daily life, thoughts, and activities. We often view "awakening" as first step towards such realization. Awakening can occur in the blink of an eye, frequently through the direct, heart-opening (heart-breaking) transmission of grace from an awakened teacher.”

Source : Russell Targ (2010). “Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness”, p.15, New World Library
“Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, not by the mind of man.”

Source : "A Course in Mathematical Methods for Physicists". Book by Russell L. Herman, p. 53, December 4, 2013.
“It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.”

Source : William Bartram (1794). “Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West-Florida (etc.) 2nd Ed. - London, J. Johnson 1794”, p.20

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