"Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic"

-- Christina Stead

#Passion Quotes #Optimistic Quotes #Creation Quotes

“I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things and never shuts up.”
“I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world,”
“Yes, I actually have a portable fly-tying kit in my vest. I spent hours putting it all together, with a special emphasis on midge materials as well as enough fur and feathers to whip out a half dozen of virtually every conceivable dry pattern nature can throw at me. I have used it once, in 1993.”
“I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that.”
“Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.29, Basic Books
“Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again.”
“The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music.”
“Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.”

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