"I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes."

-- Wayne Thiebaud

#Believe Quotes #Artist Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.”
“My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky.”
“It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.”

Source : Isa Bowman (1900). “The Story of Lewis Carroll: Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland, Miss Isa Bowman”
“A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.”
“Most actors try to do as many different things as possible. I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance. And you have to keep tapping new parts of yourself, keep working or you never improve. The only way to improve is to set yourself harder goals.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.”
“The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.”
“Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and that was purely to serve the listener because I knew they needed to hear something. But most of the good stuff comes from my life.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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