#tart

I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before. ↗

— Peter Wright

#back #before #best #best way #class

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#bitter #defeat #fresh #fresh start #grow

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. ↗

— Gao Xingjian

#literature #observing #oneself #point #starting

The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#endings #goodbyes #leaving #starting-over #change

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#beauty #chanel #change #designer #fashion

Your intention is for readers to benefit from your experiences and avoid the costly and time consuming mistakes you may have made. You want to help your readers know the short cuts and what you would have avoided, and why. As you write, keep a clear sense of why writing this is important to you, but also share your why within the body of the book. Why do your readers need to take the steps you describe? Are you saving them time, money, resources? Why did you start your journey to begin with? Did you want to change the world or get from point ”A” to point “B”? Why did you keep going even when it was difficult? Was there a light at the end of the tunnel, a reward at the end? Why should they hang in there? All of these things will work magically if implemented correctly and consistently. ↗

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

#book-power #light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel #start-with-why #write-a-book #change

If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#closed-doors #destiny #faith #faith-in-god #holding-out-for-the-best

Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told the truth about what really went on in your family, a long bony white finger would emerge from a cloud and point to you, while a chilling voice thundered, "We *told* you not to tell." But that was then. Just put down on paper everything you can remember now about your parents and siblings and relatives and neighbors, and we will deal with libel later on. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#advice #childhood #getting-started #incest #memoir

It was broken. It was haunted. Just like her. But it had bones, and it had memories, and it had the ability to be something strong again. Just like her. ↗

— Lauren Gilley

#inspirational #starting-over #family

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation. ↗

— Doc Severinsen

#classical #enhance #foundation #i #i think