#is

Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#ministry #work #art

In reference to Einstein's definition of insanity... No Mr. Einstein, that is not insanity, that is autism. ↗

— Eileen Miller

#asd #autism #outsider-art #art

In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might be, seem to be, two contradictory ideas both expressed at their highest level and just let to sit in the same cage sort of, vibrating. So, I think as a writer, I'm really never sure of what I really believe. ↗

— George Saunders

#contradiction #ideas #wisdom #writing #art

Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him. ↗

— Constantin Stanislavski

#artist #art

What a comfort to know that God is a poet. ↗

— Rachel Held Evans

#christianity #god #poetry #art

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#adventure #artist #every #expression #his

[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis - only to find that, in order to do so, we must forswear love and excellence, health and joy. (pg. 44, "The Unsettling of America") ↗

— Wendell Berry

#excellence #genesis #joy #love #salvation

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all. ↗

— Mike Patton

#complacency #contentment #disposition #happiness #attitude

...selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different. All your life you’ve been training to forget yourself, so when you’re in danger, it becomes your first instinct. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#instinct #selfishness #life

Today a great shot for freedom was heard. I think it stands a chance of being heard forever. It marls a turning point in the history of the Jewish people. The beginning of the return to a statues of dignity we have not known for two thousand years. Yes, today was the first step back. My battle is done. Now I turn the command over to the soldiers. ↗

— Leon Uris

#bravery #courage #defiance #freedom #ghetto