Quotes: Yumi Sakugawa

"Most of the time the universe speaks to us very quietly in pockets of silence, in coincidences, in nature, in forgotten memories, in the shape of clouds, in moments of solitude, in small tugs at our hearts." 

–– Yumi Sakugawa (b. 1985), American interdisciplinary artist

via: Sketchbook L 2024, p. 2.

Quotes 273: Italo Calvino

"The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves." 

–– Italo Calvino (1923-1985), Cuban-born Italian author and journalist. The quote is from the novel Mr. Palomar (1983) 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 108

Quotes 272: Joanna Macy

"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe." 

–– Joanna Macy (b. 1929), American environmental activist, scholar & author 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 108