To Flowers

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. ~Claude Monet

Spirit and Art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.
~Leonardo da Vinci

Their Own Eyes

The viewer has a mind of their own and eyes of their own and they're going to see it their way, I just hope they look.
~Faith Ringgold

Slow Comprehension

Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension. ~Joan Miro

My Own Reality

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
~Frida Kahlo

Way of Living

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it. ~Henry Moore

Writing and Performing

Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform. ~bell hooks

Writing

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. ~Ernest Hemingway

Writing Craft

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
~Katherine Anne Porter

Reviews

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Young Writers

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Balance

Balance does not mean merely balancing the body. Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life. In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

Sit There

Don’t just do something. Sit there. ~Sylvia Boorstein

Values

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
~Dalai Lama

Compassion

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. ~Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Gloriousness and Wretchedness

Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. ~Pema Chödrön

Make A Difference

Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth. ~Roberto Clemente

Discrimination

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. ~Lou Gehrig

Make Them Hit It

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. ~Sandy Koufax

Excel

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this. ~Willie Mays

Hank Aaron

Trying to throw a fastball by Henry (Hank) Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster. ~Curt Simmons

Opening Day!

There are only two seasons -- winter and Baseball. ~Bill Veeck