"The good news is that the moment you decide what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without."
–– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosopher and writer
via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 100.
"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
–– Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), American politician (former President of the USA) and military General
"How can I use what I love to do, what I am good at doing, to show love to those around me? To show examples of love who don't often see it? And can that snowball for them to start sharing more love too?"
–– Leanne Ford (b. 1981), American interior designer
Source: Leanne Ford. The Slow Down. New York: Abrams, 2024; p. 173.
via: Sketchbook M 13, 2024, p. 9.
"A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas."
–– Paul Valéry (1871-1945), French poet, philosopher, essayist"Anything that slows us down is a spiritual practice."
–– Don Grayson (1939-2017), Canadian Anglican priest
Source: Lois Huey-Heck and Jim Kalnin. The Spirituality of Art. Kelowna, B.C.: Northstone Publishing, 2006.
via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2008, p. 158.
"Art happens –– no hovel is safe from it; no prince may depend upon it; the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about."
–– James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), American painter
via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2009, p. 186.
"The role of art is not to isolate us in an artificial or neutral space but to help us participate in our life. Its goal is to be useful, not only beautiful. Its use is therapeutic as well as artistic. Art seeks to relieve, alleviate, heal."
–– Henri Matisse (1869-1954), French visual artist
Source: Judy Martin My Process blog, Monday February 10, 2025.
via: Sketchbook K 11, 2025, p. 47.
