Quotes About Inspiration

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Fear is stupid, so are regrets.

Never let anyone dull your sparkle

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Our history suggests that women will continue to show the world how to be friends.

Dac? nu exist? ferestre, ele trebuie inventate.

Într-un târziu.... Într-un târziu Vine ?i poezia. Dup? fr?mânt?ri de o noapte, Spre ziu?. (Pe la cântatul coco?ilor de ziu?) – Ceva nou? întreb încerc?nat. – Nimic. – Atunci de ce-ai mai venit? – Ca s?-?i fac o via?? mai frumoas?, zice.

Biblioteca Ce bine c? toate aceste c?r?i Au fost scrise! Nu trebuie s? le mai scriu eu S-o iau de la cap?t, S?-mi fr?mânt mintea. M? uit la fiecare titlu – Vârându-mi nasul ?i, silabisind, ?i, cu fiecare tom, Parc? mi se ia o piatr? de pe inim?.

Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, "Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don't. But you listen to them anyway." So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.

There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.

If you are not passionate in life, you can't be passionate in art.

Ideas can come anytime, anywhere, while I am making this gazpacho or going to the bathroom. I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

When I think about my life, the early works, you know, always you learn as a young artist to have a style you can follow, a certain line. But I didn't do that. I had this enormous urge to make different works. And some of them, I didn't see any kind of connection. I didn't know where I'm going. But now, looking 45 years back, everything had perfect sense. It's like a straight line.

I always thought the more fucked-up childhood you have, the better artist you get, because you have more material to work with. I don't think anyone does anything from happiness. Happiness is such a good state, it doesn't need to be creative.

for the first time I start to actually imagine me sitting on concrete steps like this, or in a class reading lots of fat books and saying what I think.

Sobretudo, ele gostava do mar. Mergulhava, boiava, velejava, navegava, saltava, nadava, deixava-se submergir. Desenhava-o, pintava-o, estudava-lhe correntes, profundidades, marés, faunas e floras. Fazia praia e a praia fazia-se aos que queriam segui-lo. Outubro ia avançado e a corte em Cascais, e D. Carlos com a mão pousada na amurada do veleiro, cabeça muito redonda virada ao vento norte. Quem lhe dera que a política fosse assim gélida e frontal.

Un momento de reflexión, un sencillo descubrimiento pueden mover la trayectoria de nuestra vida unos humildes grados y, sin embargo, con el tiempo esta mínima desviación es capaz de conducirnos a un nuevo y apasionante destino.

As you cook up your own life, never let anyone else's recipe for success intimidate you or get in your way.

Recipes are just descriptions of one person's take on one moment in time. They're not rules. People think they are. They look as if they are. They say, "Do this, not this. Add this, not that." But, really, recipes are just suggestions that got written down.