Tag Archives: From the Quote Box

Creativity vs Art

From The Painters Keys newsletter which usually gives me something to chew on if not a little kick to the head. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams

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World Watercolor Month Day #7, Out and Around

SO BRIGHT and shiny this morning! Stopped to see this in New Lebanon, NY. Perhaps they fixed it up for the recent anniversary year – the water is running and the sign looks new. Sat and drew this (and not … Continue reading

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The path

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,” he … Continue reading

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Another for the quote box

Today was a good day for the Quote Box. Some good additions got put in the pile, like: “Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you.” — Margery Williams, The Velveteen … Continue reading

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Where ever you go

From the quote box Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder. — Jimmy Carter

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