"My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you."

-- Mavis Staples

#Purpose Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Lift Your Spirits Quotes

“My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.”

Source : Zachary Taylor, S. HORN (1848). “All the Letters of Major General Z. Taylor: Anecdotes of rough and ready: Songs of Old Zach's Campaigns, etc. [Edited by] S. Horn”, p.10
“I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.”
“Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let his intuition guide him over the gap between conception and realization without compromising the integrity of the original idea; the point being that the material has vitality - it resists and makes demands...”

Source : "The Studio 132:643". as cited in Voicing our visions, - "Writings by women artists", ed. by Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York 1991, p. 279, 1946.
“A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.”
“I pay attention to how I look but I don't let it go too far.”
“I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.”
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.”

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