"Every artist returns to things. The drawings that you make as a child or as an adolescent and the ideas that you have as a young beginning artist, no doubt they crop up again and again."

-- Elaine de Kooning

#Children Quotes #Artist Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Iâ€™m going, and donâ€™t you dare try to stop me.â€ I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.”
“Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each day...children die of hunger.... Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that bloomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects. Please do not think we must be solemn in order to meditate. In fact, to meditate well, we have to smile a lot.”
“We all have powers within us that we don't know exist until we're tested. There are no limitations to what you can do if you have the determination.”
“I made a point of always teaching undergraduates because they are not a captive audience. . . . I always tried out my research ideas first in the classroom to get feedback from people who didn't have to listen to me if I didn't make it interesting.”
“If you devote yourself entirely to a pursuit, there is no way you cannot find beauty and fulfillment.”
“I feel like, If I would have lived in my hometown, I probably would have gotten in a lot more trouble. I was just in places where I could have gotten in trouble. I skateboarded a lot, just getting into the wrong stuff. I could've just hung out with the wrong friends.”
“You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My focus is first of all, to remove every thought of violence from my own consciousness.”

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