The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. — Robert Tew

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It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin - music, sculpture, writing, painting - and by magical I mean intended to produce very definite results. Paintings were originally formulae to make what is painted happen. Art is not an end in itself, any more than Einstein's matter-into-energy formulae is an end in itself. Like all formulae, art was originally FUNCTIONAL, intended to make things happen, the way an atom bomb happens from Einstein's formulae.

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Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.

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Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength. — Dalai Lama

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Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. – Andy Warhol

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You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need. ― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

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no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.

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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

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Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. ― Mother Teresa

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