Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Monday, March 21, 2011,
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Saturday, March 12, 2011,
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. William Wallace
Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. CS Lewis
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Mark Twain
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain
Be careful about readin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Sunday, March 6, 2011,
"There's a quote in the Kennedy Center by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and it says, 'I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.' And he's talking about art. ... Next to Normal fits the things he was talking about."
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Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Thursday, March 3, 2011,
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt Brecht
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In dreams begin responsibilities, so wrote the poet. So it is perhaps. Could it be we take our dreams too lightly, those images from places unknown? Could they in fact be angels in flight, our souls aloft? You know, recent experiences have made yours truly take another pass through the metaphysical thickets... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Monday, February 28, 2011,
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Twyla Tharp
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen Sondheim
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
Gustave Flaubert
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ul... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Tuesday, September 21, 2010,
DESTROY LOGIC AND COME ALIVE--Alice Ripley Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Tuesday, August 31, 2010,
" No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Monday, August 23, 2010,
“Just let me do what you put me here to, Let me be what you want me to be, And I hope it'll cheer you, I'm listening and I think I can hear you.” - I Think I Can Hear You by Carole King---------------------------- "Life consists in learning to live on one’s own, spontaneous, freewheeling: to do this one must recognize what is one’s own—be familiar and at home with oneself. This means basically learning who one is, and learning what one has to offer to the contemporary world, and then... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Wednesday, August 18, 2010,
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky-----------------------Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky-------------------------------Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. --Fyodor Dostoevsky---------------------------------Always dream and shoot ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rebecca Kidwell on Wednesday, August 18, 2010,
"keep your shirt tucked in, go down with your ship, and never abandon your crew" --Captain Janeway ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ~Plato~" ============================== “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, An... Continue reading ...
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