#dr

When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing... ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#artist #drinking #funny #humorous #night

The great obstacle to the 'struggle toward clear vision of the universal' is the human trait that Mondrian variously calls 'individuality,' 'personality'... [p.73] ↗

— Roger Lipsey

#art

One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#courage #depression #drinking #illness #manic-depression

THIS IS MY LIFE. When I'm sad, I draw, I sing, I dance, I write, I read. When I'm happy, I draw, I sing, I dance, I write, I read. When I'm blank, I draw, I sing, I dance, I write, I read. ↗

— Olivia Sinaga

#dance #draw #happy #life #live

I ended up going into this big art historical argument.' [Barry Blinderman] invoked, for example, Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim altarpiece, painted in the sixteenth century for a monastery where monks cared for people with skin diseases—so the suffering Christ in that painting shows symptoms of skin disease. 'It’s because he’s the man of sorrows,' Blinderman argued. 'He takes on the suffering of the world. So if Christ were to appear physically today, one of the sicknesses he would have to take on would be drug addiction. ↗

— Cynthia Carr

#drugs #jesus #art

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ↗

— Mary Ellen Chase

#children #date #mind #state

I have a dream.” “Is your dream very big?” “No.” “Well is it very grand?” “Not either.” “Neither?” “Neither.” “What is it then?” “It is very shiny. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#dreams #dreams-inspirational #heartwarming #inspirational #inspirational-attitude

The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#beginning #choices #end #outlook #richelle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#cannot #darkness #drive #hate #light

To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#bridge #commitment #courage #dreams #goals