Quotes: Epictetus

"The trials you face will introduce you to your strengths."  

–– Epictetus (50-135 A.D.), Greek stoic philosopher 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 50.

Quotes: Austin Kleon

"Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing." 

–– Austin Kleon (b. 1983), American author and illustrator

Source: Austin Kleon. Steal Like an Artist. New York: Workman Publishing, 2012, p. 67.

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 49.

Quotes: Edwin Land

"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail." 

–– Edwin Land (1909-1991), Russian-American scientist and inventor 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 48.

Quotes: Malcolm Gladwell

"The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world."

–– Malcolm Gladwell (b. 1963), British-born Canadian author and journalist 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 47.

Quotes: Pina Bausch

"Repetition is not repetition. The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end." 

–– Pina Bausch (1940-2009), German dancer and choreographer 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 41. 

Quotes: Steven Heighton

"Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck and labour, interest your readers. What merely interests you is sure to bore them." 

–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 41.

Quotes: Julietta Singh

"[I]nterruptions are occasions for reorientation, for producing necessary and new ways of living. We are beginning to lean into the breaks because we must, because in this requisite shift we can sense profound potential to become a more promising form of our collective selves." 

–– Julietta Singh, Canadian scholar, academic and writer 

Source: Julietta Singh. The Breaks: An Essay. Toronto, Ontario: Coach House Books, 2021, p. 39.