Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
–Rita Mae Brown
These days I’m filling life with a lot more silence than is usual for me. Just a single thought or insight seems food enough for a day in the studio. And each morning begins by breaking everything apart and starting new (“If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts.” See posting on Picabia below.)
This morning I love this quote. Creativity. Trust. Instincts. Hope. Work. Big ideas, each.
Rita Mae Brown, author of Rubyfruit Jungle, among many others
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November 11, 2007 at 12:17 am
the individual voice
I love this quote. I really need it right now. I think I’m a snake shedding a skin, so thanks for that.
November 11, 2007 at 5:31 am
Elatia Harris
If you never hoped more than you worked, you would never get yourself to work.
November 11, 2007 at 8:02 am
alaleh
trust is not the only one but an important one…
November 12, 2007 at 2:37 pm
mariacristina
Sometimes hoping is just wishful thinking, being in love with the idea of the artist’s life, rather than with the actual living. I know I’ve been wrapped up in that.
October 15, 2008 at 2:23 am
womanofsubstance
Even I’ve been trying to practice silence for sometime now….Nice blog
October 15, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Deborah Barlow
Thank you WOS for stopping in.