"The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear."

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Source : John James Audubon (1969). “Audubon, by Himself: A Profile of John James Audubon from Writings”

John James Audubon

#Beautiful Quotes #Drawing Quotes

“It's true that the pain makes people change”
“They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.”
“If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.”
“I love seeing people's reactions to gifts that I've created from my line, such as my gold horn ring, bottle openers, my 'Fallen' leather jacket and my Slither black and white sweater.”
“If Christians had ever been brave enough to make Christ alive, nobody would now be saying that Christianity is dead.”

Source : Winifred Margaretta Kirkland (1929). “The Great Conjecture: Who is this Jesus?”, New York : H. Holt
“During the next 50 years, in countless cycles, in countless entrepreneurial companies, this let's just go and do it mentality will help us finally get off the planet and irreversibly open the space frontier. The capital and tools are finally being placed into the hands of those willing to risk, willing to fail, willing to follow the dreams.”
“I remember when Samuel Okwaraji died on the field, I was mute and I didn't even know what I was doing or what I was saying.”
“Riding my motorcycle around L.A. is like my own video game. But unlike many folks at the wheel, I am occupied with getting where I'm going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup, texting, and checking out the beauty in the next car.”

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