Quotes June 15, 2024

One may be influenced or inspired by another artist’s vision, but finding one’s own distinct voice is the goal.
I create work that pleases me, that thrills me, that speaks to me. But it has to tell a story that is profound.
Faith Ringgold,
painter, mixed-media artist, activist
 
 
 
 
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
John Ruskin
 
 
 
 
“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”
Immanuel Kant
 
 
 
 
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
 
 
 
“Winning is fun… Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point.”
Pat Summitt
 
 
 
 
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 
 
 
 
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
 
 
 
 
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
Oscar Wilde