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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. Van Gogh

And we are put on Earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love. Blake

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. Edward de Bono

Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul. Kandinsky

Every child is an artist , the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Picasso

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. Jung

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling, like dew, upon a thought produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions think. Lord Byron

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. Beethoven

The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, wind in leaves, the cry of a bird leave manifold impression in us. And suddenly, without our wishing it at all, one of these memories spills from us and finds expression in musical language... I want to sing my interior landscape with the simple artlessness of a child. Debussy

The creative individual not only respects the irrational in himself, but courts the most promising source of novelty in his own thought... The creative person is both more primitive and more cultured, more destructive and more constructive, crazier and saner, than the average person. Frank Barron (pioneer in the psychology of creativity)

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Van Gogh

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things.... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. Buscaglia

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldy cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul goes. Goethe.

When I am...completely myself, entirely alone...or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these come I know not nor can I force them...Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them gleich alles zusammen (at the same time all together). Mozart

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. Goethe

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Saint-Exupéry

In writing songs I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. Dylan

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. Huxley

I want to play music which draws pictures of the world and its space. Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. Hendrix

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. Chagall.

When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else. J. Campbell

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.Thoreau

Medieval concept of creator and created "giving rise to each other" as creation, that is, the creative process of life itself and man's mind are a mirroring-dynamic, each bringing the other into being. Chilton Pierce

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one's soul to grow. Vonnegut

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings, who are able to impart purpose and direction in their lives. Rudolph Steiner

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. da Vinci

Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Marley

Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, and live as though heaven is on earth. Souza

Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever. Ghandi

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. Also, you will have betrayed your community in failing to make your contribution. Rolo May.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Thoreau

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Maslow

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Poe

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose curiosity. Einstein

To see a world in a Grain of Sand,
and a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in an hour.
Blake

A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
and the young winds fed it with silver dew,
and it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night. Shelley

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives.
Nourish it then
That it may leaf
And bloom
And fill with singing birds! Black Elk

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans;
I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. Blake

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons. Richard Bach

The concept of creator and created "giving rise to each other" as creation, that is, the creative process of life itself and man's mind are a mirroring-dynamic, each bringing the other into being." Joseph Chilton Pierce

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? ...Robert Redford

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, and without regret or reservation. William H. Sheldon

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh

I like to see you move with the rhythm; I Like to see when you're dancin' from within. Bob Marley

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. Anne Frank

It's not enough to be busy. The question is, what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau

One who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones. Chinese proverb

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. Aldous Huxley

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance. .Friedrich Nietzsche

We must use time creatively and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. Nelson Mandela

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing -after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring. David Bowie

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