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Tag Archives: quotes

@Eye Filmmuseum

September 1, 2019 by de witt


Post Exhibition Mood. Stoked to get back into the studio this fall.
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@eye_film
Sep 01, 2019 @ 19:45, Eye Filmmuseum

Posted in thoughts | Tags: cafedebriefing, drawing, excitement, exhibitionnotes, gettowork, inspirationalquotes, instagram, leapbeforeyoulook, mood, quotes, thinking, williamkentridge

@De Wallen

July 18, 2017 by de witt


old master wisdom hanging out in the studio
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Jul 18, 2017 @ 12:33, De Wallen

Posted in thoughts | Tags: bernini, instagram, quotes, speakinglikeness

It’s all about content

April 18, 2012 by de witt

by Erik RVA (@ErikRVA) via Jay Mug.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: content, creativity, quotes, red

jaymug: Steve Jobs about Creativity

March 6, 2012 by

jaymug: Steve Jobs about Creativity

Posted in thoughts | Tags: blue, creativity, green, quotes, Steve Jobs

jaymug: Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind don´t matter and those who matt

December 12, 2011 by

jaymug: Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind don´t matter and those who matt

Posted in thoughts | Tags: Dr. Seuss, quotes

jaymug: If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you´ll find an excuse.

November 23, 2011 by

jaymug: If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you´ll find an excuse.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: quotes

Oft-attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt

November 12, 2011 by

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: discussion, quotes, thinking, wisdom

e.e. cummings (via platea)

November 11, 2011 by

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: e.e. cummings, quotes, wisdom

Mark Twain (via s0nata)

November 10, 2011 by

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: quotes, Twain, wisdom

Carl Sagan

November 8, 2011 by

We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: life, quotes, seeking

Kurt Vonnegut via Russian Red Lipstick

November 7, 2011 by

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

Posted in thoughts | Tags: art making, quotes, Vonnegut, wisdom

Miss Frizzle of The Magic School Bus

October 22, 2011 by

Take chances, make mistakes, get messy.

Posted in thoughts | Tags: creativity, life, quotes

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Alive. Safe, but more than a bit stirred. — (No Alive. Safe, but more than a bit stirred. 
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(Not sure i’m ready to be back online, but one post is easier than too many read but yet unreplied to kind messages. 🙈)
Thirteen years ago, thanks to a confluence of a pu Thirteen years ago, thanks to a confluence of a public holiday & professor furlough days in the wake of the financial crisis, i had a week & half off in the middle of term. Seizing the window to do something outside that didn’t require ahead reservations, i drove off to Zion for the first time. I was already in love with the Colorado Plateau, but that trip cemented it. Here’s to many more years of beautiful rocks, desert smells, and stunning colors.
10 days until launch. Looking forward to feeling d 10 days until launch. Looking forward to feeling delightfully small in a very majestic place.

Still lots of final prep to do, but finally almost able to feel excited. 💫 Either way, very lucky.
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August 17, 2021 (sitting out to set out) — #imag August 17, 2021 (sitting out to set out)
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April 27, 2021 (watching the oranje wave) — #pre April 27, 2021 (watching the oranje wave)
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January 23, 2021 (together two decks apart) — #i January 23, 2021 (together two decks apart)
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