"Every time a gift is given it is enlivened and regenerated through the new spiritual life it engenders both in the giver and in the recipient."
–– Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), Canadian writer, environmental activist and inventor
Source: Robin Wall-Kimmerer. The Serviceberry. New York: Scribner, 2024; p. 50.
"Leisure without learning is death."
–– Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman
"Conventionality is not morality."
–– Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English writer
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine."
–– Darren Hardy (b. 1971), American author and publisher
"Instead of looking at things, look between things."
–– John Baldessari (1931-2020), American painter and conceptual artist
"There's no mystery in art. Do the things you can see, they will show you what you cannot see."
–– Isak Dinesen, pen name of Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885-1962), Danish writer
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2025, p. 46.
"Just slow things down and it becomes more beautiful."
–– David Lynch (1946-2025), American filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2025, p. 47.
