#you

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be. ↗

— Wayne W. Dyer

#self-determination #determination

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now. ↗

— George Clooney

#life #make #mark #now #only

I realize you can't please everyone. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#i #please #please everyone #realize #you

What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look. ↗

— Chuck Close

#does #front #life #look #looking

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive. ↗

— Brian Clough

#dead #flowers #i #like #me

Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience. ↗

— Chuck Close

#another #another way #colored #dirt #every

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do. ↗

— Glenn Close

#everybody #kind #little #little thing #looking

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#bmw #family #get #gratification #i

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#because #doing #felt #happy #i

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. ↗