Quotes About Openness

We have to be open to love to feel happiness and joy.

People sometimes get so lost in their own beliefs that they fail to gain truth and understanding. You can't get the whole picture just by relying on your own perception. Never be afraid of the truth.

All what you have to do is to accept, to be bold and open to the world and the world will open it's gates for you.

Never keep your brain so full that people's opinions take up every pew in your mind, and truth has to be "born again" before it is believed.

Listen with an open heart

Absolutely. No more pretending!

The best thing you can do in this life is share your open heart with the world.

My love and anger are in deep conversation these days, teaching and learning from one another. I'm doing my best to stay open to all of it.I'm curious to see what love does with all my anger.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

Complete honesty is not the same thing as full disclosure.

Only small minds want always to be right.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

I would be happy not even being a supermodel. Being able to get a taste of everything that I want a taste of makes me happy.

I love first times. I want my whole life to be composed of them. Life is only interesting if life is wide.

Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.

I let people say and write what they want.

Every time someone puts an objection to me, I want to say: 'OK, OK, let's go on to something else.' Objections have never contributed anything.

Everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.