quotes

“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832)

“Love--If you have it, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what else you have.” Sir James M. Barrie

“The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.” John Quincy Adams

“There are three truths: my truth, your truth, and the truth.” Chinese proverb

“I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life. I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.” Miles Davis

“Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies.” Romare Bearden

“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do, the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.” John W. Raper

“A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron.” Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” Henry Miller

“The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.” Dennis S. Brown

“Real style is not having a program – it's how one behaves in a crisis.” Frank Auerbach

“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” Henry Moore

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein

“There's a Chinese proverb that I think is true: You often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.” Hector Elizondo

“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.” J. Paul Getty

“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.” Baltasar Gracian

“In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.” Vince Poscente, Olympian (1961- )

“You unlock the door with the key of imagination.” Rod Serling

“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.” Federico Fellini, film director, and writer (1920-1993)

“I am long on ideas, but short on time. I only expect to live about a hundred years.” Thomas Edison