Quotes About Presence

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

The Art of Being: A state of wholeness in which the mind functions freely and easily, without the sensation of a second mind or ego standing over it with a club.

Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way.

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.

The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.

Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.

My art recognizes the human place, the human context - especially in Britain, which is a landscape so worked by people for thousands of years, written, deeply ingrained with the presence of people.

Making art is like giving a gift: evidence of your spirit and that you are here.

She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance.

Art is prayer - not the vulgarized notations handed down to us in the scriptures, but a fresh vital discovery of one's own special presence in the world.

Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh; Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear; To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh; Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

For where thou art, there is the world itself, With every several pleasure in the world, And where thou art not, desolation.

One of the best ways to recharge is by simply being in the presence of art. No thoughts, no critiques. Just full-on absorption mode.

Sit there and look pretty.

Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying 'Yes.' One can be in paradise by simply saying 'yes' to this moment.

A constant realization of the presence of Spirit will provide a sense of Divine Companionship that no other attitude could produce.

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

You don't need to get anywhere or be anything more than the beautiful soul that you already are.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue

Receive a guest with the same attitude you have when alone. When alone, maintain the same attitude you have in receiving guests.