"When there is nowhere to go, you realize that most of the time you are racing purposefully from place to place, missing out on how wondrous it all is."
–– Anne Lamott (b. 1954), American writer
Anne Lamott. Dust, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage. New York: Riverhead Books, 2021; p. 163.
via Commonplace Book 2020-2021, p. 118.
"Picasso and Braque and others invented collage early in the 20th century as a way of forcing together visual experiences that didn't belong together, just as our lives are filled with experiences that don't really fit."
–– J. Carl Heywood (b. 1941), Canadian artist
via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 138
"Make no little plans."
–– Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912), American architect
via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 130
"Embrace any mistake and turn it into something cool."
–– Oliver Schroer (1956-2008), Canadian instrumentalist and composer
via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 130
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
–– Carl Rogers (1902-1987), American psychologist
via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 99
"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
"An interesting plainness is the most difficult and precious thing to achieve."
–– Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), German American architect
via Sketchbook 5, 2008, p. 96
