Pearl S. Buck // "The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him, a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy...and failure is death. Add to this...the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him...By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating."
Ayrton Senna da Silva // "I continuously go further and further....learning about my own limitations, my body limitations, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me."
Jon Stewart // "Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant."
Jessica Lange // "The idea of just trusting in the absolute moment that it's happening...That idea of entering into something with no fear or deliberation...just throwing yourself at it, is exciting."
Bill Murray // "The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we're doing...so the secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self...and not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life."
Marcel Duchamp // "I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste."
Paul Bowles // "I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually...I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see...and one should know as much of it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it."
Rosa Parks // "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Sylvia Plath // "Hurl yourself at goals above your head... Try always, as long as you have breath in your body, to take the hard way...and work, work, work to build yourself into a rich, continually evolving entity."
Nelson Mandela // "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Kate Winslet // "I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut grumble and my heart want to explode."
David Hockney // "I live wherever I happen to be."
