Inspiring Quotes

Art/Artists

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American clergyman.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people, because they created.
William Morris (1834-1896), English artist, poet

We are all born geniuses, but some of us grow up more damaged than others. Buckminster Fuller

If you design deeply for yourself, you design for others. - Charles Eames

The aim of Art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but the inward significance. - Aristotle

Beware of the tyranny of the RIGHT WAY. When moving forward, you leave some things behind. Virginia Satir

Beauty

Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God. - Jean Anouilh

Change

Have in your mind that which would constitute a miracle for you. Get the vision. Suspend disbelief and skepticism.

Allow yourself to take the journey toward real magic. - Wayne Dyer

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. - Budda

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Bertha Calloway

Creativity
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” - Henry Miller

"Failure is success trying to be born in a bigger way."  - Catherine Ponder

Time becomes meaningless in the face of creativity. -

I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do is part of a large canvas we are creating. Maya Angelou

To me, creativity is the gift of seeing the familiar world with new eyes, a vision that empowers us to constantly reinvent and renew our surroundings. Mary Englebreit

When people re primarily searching for fame, fortune, and success, their creativity declines . The key to creativity is to concentrate while you're working on a task on what is enjoyable about it, what is intrinsically satisfying. Don't think about the consequences and evaluations until the job is done.
Teresa Amabile, PHD

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly, so get on with it, and get it over. You never know, it might just come out brilliantly. Pia Melody

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Dr. Edwin Land

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something - Frank Capra

The intellect has little to do with the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you, and you don't know how or why. - Albert Einstein

Ideas are the flowers of innovation. - Karen Stephenson

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties. - Gail Sheehy

Fear 

I have often been afraid, but I wouldn't give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid, and gradually my fear disappeared. Theodor Roosevelt

When we extend an invitation to meet our fears...Heaven admires our mettle, applauds our audacity, and gifts us with Amazing Grace.

~Sarah Ban Breathnach, author - from Something More

Fun/Joy

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. - Katherine Hepburn

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything. - Emerson

The measure of my success is my joy. Jerry & Esther Hicks

To attract men I wear a perfume called new car interior. - Rita Rudner

Happiness
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. - Mildred Barthel

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Openheim

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~Margaret Young

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. -Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Play
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. - Carl Jung

Small Steps
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life. - Peace Pilgrim

Make a little, sell a little. Take small steps. -3M corp

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment--this day--is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day--each moment of this day--a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity. -Dan Custer

What we create in the world, we must first create within ourselves. For there to be magic in your life. You must first believe in magic. - Lynn Andrews