Quotes: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

"At its root, creativity is not about success or failure. It's a spiritual path. It's mystery."

–– Clarissa Pinkola Estés (b. 1945), American author and psychoanalyst 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2008, p. 165. 

Quotes: Margaret Atwood

"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.

Quotes: Christiana Figueres

"Any experience, any interaction, anything can be mundane. And anything can be spiritual. The very same interaction, the very same experience can be either mundane or spiritual. The only difference between the two is how I live it. What quality of presence do I bring to it? Mindsets lead to narratives, lead to action, and above all, that every single action of ours carries our signature." 

–– Christiana Figueres (b. 1956), Costa Rican diplomat 

Source: The Marginalian, November 13, 2023.

Quotes: Paul Klee

"Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual." 

–– Paul Klee (1879-1940), Swiss-born German artist 

Source: Art Propelled, October 16, 2019.

 via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 h, 2019, p. 47. 

Quotes 325: Brice Marden

"I know it's tricky ground, but I like to define painting in spiritual terms. Whatever subject matter or structure I bring to the painting –– and use and work through and rely on as factors –– for me painting is always about getting toward something I don't know about or understand. The way I get there is visual." 

–– Brice Marden (b. 1938), American artist

Quote from In the Power of Painting. Zürich: Alesco AG, 2000.

via Sketchbook 8, 2009, p. 131