Quotes: Nick Bantock

"Of all the reasons for being an artist, there is one that outweighs all others: Art offers a path to our souls.

"But the path isn't direct. There are no shortcuts. The road is confusing, and seemingly getting lost along the way is inevitable.

"However, perhaps that is the point. After all, if it were simply a matter of going from A to B as the crow flies, how much would we learn along the way? In order to gather wisdom, we are obliged to stumblebum, our search careening us against the periphery of our comfort and comprehension."

–– Nick Bantock (b. 1949), British author and artist based in Canada 

Source: Nick Bantock. The Trickster's Hat: A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity. New York: A Perigree Book (Penguin Group), 2014; p. 4. 

via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 101.

Quotes: Grant Cardone

"Every positive change – every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness – involves a rite of passage. Each time we ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception." 

–– Grant Cardone (b. 1958), American author and entrepreneur 

Source: Art Propelled, October 16, 2019

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 i, 2019, p. 15.  

Quotes: Ruby Dee

"God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear." 

–– Ruby Dee (1922-2014), American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist

Quotes 279: Michaela Coel

"Write the tale that scares you. That makes you feel uncertain. That isn't comfortable. I dare you. In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others, and to in turn feel the need to be constantly visible –– for visibility these days seems to somehow equate to success –– don't be afraid to disappear from it, from us, for a while and see what comes to you in the silence." 

–– Michaela Coel (b. 1987), Ghanaian-British actress, screenwriter, and director

via Austin Kleon