"For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. It's about self-expression. It knows no package - there's no such thing. That's what being an artist is."

-- Laura Nyro

#Art Quotes #Self Quotes #Expression Quotes

“To love is to burn, to be on fire.”
“So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face.”
“I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.”
“By the time the traditionally male lexicographers become interested in looking at fashion words, their origins are lost in the mists of time.”

Source : "Erin McKean comes to terms with fashion" by Beth Hughes, www.sfgate.com. August 6, 2012.
“Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.”
“I've learned the idea of pausing when agitated or doubtful. I can still write the e-mail but instead of sending that e-mail to the person I'm in a fight with, more often than not these days, I just delete it. Or I run it by someone else that I trust before I send it. And then I usually laugh at the e-mail and how funny it is.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We couldn't do it, butGod did.”
“Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.”

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