Quotes and Poems for Life

“Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost.”

“This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.”

“When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have.”

“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”

“In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world.”

“My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”

“We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.”

“We can aspire to anything, but we don’t get it just ’cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.”

“Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed.”

“You gotta dream? You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it, period.”