There are no failures – just experiences and your reactions to them…

Tom Krause

 

In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths.

Betty Eadie

Betty (Jean) Eadie (born 1942) is a prominent American author of several books on near-death experiences (NDEs). Her best-known book is the #1 New York Times bestselling book, Embraced by the Light (1992). It describes her near-death experience. It is arguably the most detailed near-death account on record. It was followed by two other works: The Awakening Heart (1996), also a best-seller, and The Ripple Effect (1999), published independently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Eadie

Those who follow are always behind…

A. Y. Jackson

Red Maple

Alexander Young Jackson, CC, CMG (October 3, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec – April 5, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian painter and founding member of the Group of Seven.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Y._Jackson

 

Life is more important than art; that’s what makes art important…

James Baldwin

Most of Baldwin’s work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups was improved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin_(writer)

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard

He who wants milk should not sit himself in the middle of a pasture waiting for a cow to back up to him.

Anonymous

A dream without a plan is just a dream. A dream with a plan may become a reality.

Hap Hagood

Spirit Thunder 2006

Artist Statement for Hap Hagood

Carving in a contemporary style in wood and stone, Hap Hagood strives to capture the very essence of his wildlife subjects. Leaving out what he considers non-essential detail, Hap feels he can best express this inner spirit with a looser, more impressionistic interpretation. Also harboring the belief that all art is born of the soul, Hap’s intention is to release the spirit from within the wood or stone, while capturing the spirit of the animal, and expressing the spirit found within himself.

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/storyteller/artist_statement.html

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on fashion was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel

Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.

Josef Albers

Interactions of Color 1963

Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Albers

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (4 or 5 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works. Two of his most famous pieces are the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh. He is also known for examining Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of literary history and criticism. Butler also made prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler_(novelist)