As a jeweller, I have a few written down - definitely less poetic and more directly practical, but such is jewellery! Essentially, ego begone. Here are two of my favourites:
Don't think about making art just get it done. Let everyone else decide if its good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. (Andy Warhol)
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up & get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part & a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. (Chuck Close)
Such incredible quotes but Annie Dillard’s stopped me in my tracks, while Margaret Atwood, yet again, gave me a great laugh. Such a good idea to have seminal quotes on hand for a writing project
Jung....One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious...really spoke to me. I have to work hard to stay in ED recovery and it has not been an easy journey given the darkness I've had to face. Can't wait for your new book! Safe journey to NY! ⭐️⭐️💚💚💖💖🥰🥰🧩🧩🧩
Essay 49 - “You should never put the new antlers of a deer to your nose and smell them. They have little insects that crawl into the nose and devour the brain.”
As a jeweller, I have a few written down - definitely less poetic and more directly practical, but such is jewellery! Essentially, ego begone. Here are two of my favourites:
Don't think about making art just get it done. Let everyone else decide if its good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. (Andy Warhol)
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up & get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part & a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. (Chuck Close)
So good!
That Brian Doyle quote... I have also jotted a few more more words from the same passage:
"No living being is without interior liquid motion. We all churn inside."
And then there is Barry Lopez, who wrote on Desert Notes:
"A person cannot be afraid of being foolish. For everything, every gesture, is sacred."
Aaah 'interior liquid motion'!
Such incredible quotes but Annie Dillard’s stopped me in my tracks, while Margaret Atwood, yet again, gave me a great laugh. Such a good idea to have seminal quotes on hand for a writing project
I especially enjoyed the Brian Doyle quote
He is just incredibly quotable!
“these things are sent to try us” … I had reason to say this recently, and finished by saying, “But they’re never accompanied by a return label!”
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Jung....One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious...really spoke to me. I have to work hard to stay in ED recovery and it has not been an easy journey given the darkness I've had to face. Can't wait for your new book! Safe journey to NY! ⭐️⭐️💚💚💖💖🥰🥰🧩🧩🧩
Great quotes. That Jung one is already turning over and over in my head…
Lovely quotes! And so excited we’re a bit closer to having another one of your books in the world!
Kenkō's c.1330 advice to JFK, Jr.:
Essay 49 - “You should never put the new antlers of a deer to your nose and smell them. They have little insects that crawl into the nose and devour the brain.”