A Boy In Mid Air

Impossible is trying to connect in this world, trying to hold on to others while things are blowing up around you knowing that while you’re speaking they aren’t just waiting for their turn to talk. They hear you. They feel exactly what you feel at the same time that you feel it.

Sarah Kay

There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

Also think a lot. Think hard before you start to do something. I spend more time thinking than illustrating. I need to surprise myself with good ideas and not just illustrate beautiful pictures.

Noma Bar

And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction.

Vladimir Nabokov

The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.

Jessica Hische

Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.

Picasso

Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?

Sai Baba

Strangely enough, artists don’t become. They either are or are something different. I imagine there are people somewhere in the world that see something extraordinary then shrug their shoulders and continue eating or whatever it is that they’re doing.

Yokoo Gibran

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

Susan Sontag

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people’s accomplishments; the front page nothing but man’s failures.

Earl Warren

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion and If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Dalai Lama

Nothing lasts forever. Everything in the universe wears out.

Chip Taylor

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Salvador Dali

While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky