#vision

I think the mystery of art lies in this, that artists’ relationship is essentially with their work — not with power, not with profit, not with themselves, not even with their audience. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#vision #writing #art

We danced like an eagle and a dolphin in a blender, and then we made love like those plastic plates with the dividers molded in so the food stays separate and never touches.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#dancing #division #dolphin #eagle #food

The slam of a car door drew her attention to a new arrival. Maxville Deputy Sheriff Zach Manus emerged from his unmarked 2011 Camaro and stalked toward them. Deep sorrow and anger laced across his handsome features. His light-brown hair stood a little more on end than normal. He stopped in front of them, his frown deepening and his golden-brown eyes darkening. ↗

— Lia Davis

#forgotten-visions #magic #paranormal-romance #the-divinities-series #witches

Time and death: It's the ultimate vision of an artist at the end of everything. It's just what's there. It was not something I planned to do. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#artistic-vision #artists #death #literature #robert-mccrum

Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery. ↗

— Gates McFadden

#exposed #fast #information #life #makes

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#chasm #expression #inspirational #vision #art

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#artist #culture #follow #free #him

It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in which most of us spend most of our time is not the only universe there is. I think it's healthy that people should have this experience. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#creativity #experience #psychedelics #visionary #art

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#job #money #vision #work #business

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#media #news #show-business #television #business