Article - Seven Illustrated Quotes: Art and Writing

Seven Illustrated Quotes: Art and Writing - Quotations excite the mind and inspire the heart! An article to jumpstart your creativity and nudge you past some writer's block. Poem included.

By Denny Lyon
Photo by DawnEndico @ flickr

Sunbeam of Love

sunbeam of love, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"Just like a sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun, and a wave can't separate itself from the ocean, we can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind."

Marianne Williamson

Soul on a Sunbeam

soul on a sunbeam, originally uploaded by sapaho.

"...I pick the prettiest part of the sky and I melt into the wing and then into the air, till I'm just soul on a sunbeam." ~ Richard Bach

The Artist Soul

Image by Terence J Sullivan via Flickr

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

- Henry Ward Beecher

Two Sides to a Situation

two sides ~, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

You see things; and you say "Why?"

But I dream things that never were;

and I say "Why not?"

- George Bernard Shaw

Inner Silence Tied to Good Observation

inner silence, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"Be the witness of your thoughts.
You are what observes, not what you observe."

- Buddha

Where to find Peace

peace, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub."

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Perception and Contemplation

contemplation, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"When the doors of perception are cleansed man will see things as they truly are, infinite." - William Blake

Three Kinds of Mind

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"The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority.

Photo by Lauren Close @ flickr
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The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority.

Photo by DerrickT @ flickr
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The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking."
— A. A. Milne

Photo by kimberlyfaye @ flickr

Reflection...

reflection..., originally uploaded by muha....

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." - Anonymous

Building vs. Destruction of Time

Rome031.jpg, originally uploaded by HollywoodPimp.

"What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway." - Mother Theresa

Wisdom and force

Angel of Grief, originally uploaded by *FeX*.

"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight." - Horace

Wisdom - sought by the ancients at the Pantheon in Rome, Italy

The Temple of All Gods, originally uploaded by wili_hybrid.

"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates

Climbing the ladder of success

# 1 - Something smells good!, originally uploaded by foxypar4.

"If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway." - Mother Theresa

Photo by foxypar4 @ flickr

Helping in Friendship

friends, originally uploaded by HaPe_Gera.

"People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway." - Mother Theresa

The Last Leaf

the last leaf, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life."

- From the book: The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Photo by alicepopkorn @ flickr

The Dream of How to Vision

vision, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." - C.G. Jung

Photo by alicepopkorn @ flickr

Where do Your Thought Bubbles Dance?

dancing thought bubbles, originally uploaded by alicepopkorn.

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Allen

Photo by alicepopkorn @ flickr (one of my most favorites!)