Quotes: Mary Oliver

"When I walk out into the world, I take no thoughts with me. That's not easy, but you can learn to do it. An empty mind is hungry, so you can look at everything longer and closer. Don't hum! When you listen with empty ears, you hear more. And this is the core of the secret: Attention is the beginning of devotion."

–– Mary Oliver (1935-2019), American poet 

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2018 c, p. 48.

Quotes 295: Henry Moore

"The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is –– it must be something you cannot possibly do." 

–– Henry Moore (1898-1986), British artist, as told to poet Donald Hall

via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 99