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Quote by Alexey Brodovitch

“The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding cliches.”

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Alexey Brodovitch was a Russian-born American graphic designer whose work at Harper's Bazaar magazine had a profound impact on fashion and graphic design in the mid-20th century. more

“I thought, 'Well, I'll amuse people a little bit.' During lunch hour, while everyone was off to the faculty club and this and that, I set up a bunch of bases down the hallway of the school and I put all of the portraits I had completed... and I waited for the reaction.... that's how I got started again, doing portraits of people around me.”

People Wells Littles School Fun Bits Hours Little Bit Bases Clubs Reactions Bunch Faculty Lunch Portraits Hallways

Author:Joe Fafard

“I used anything, various materials; this is wood, and this is mixed up clay, wedged together, clay with glazes and stuff like that.”

Together Used Stuff Materials Various Woods Clay

Author:Joe Fafard

“Five percent seems very little to ask when you consider that the artist, through his or her efforts over many years, is largely responsible for the increased value of their work.”

Years Littles Seems Artist Values Asks Money Effort Five Percent Responsible

Author:Joe Fafard

“But eventually I moved the portraiture into the smaller clay things which gave them more of a caricature look to them, rather than a characterization.”

Looks Moved Clay Caricatures Characterization Portraiture

Author:Joe Fafard

“When I was making a shift... from one thing to another I didn't want to be answering questions: 'How come you're doing this?' 'How come you're doing that?' so I didn't allow anyone in my studio and I just worked away in there.”

Want One Thing Studios Answering Questions

Author:Joe Fafard

“All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.”

Spiritual Growth Path Meditation Majors Tradition Personal Growth Emphasis Great Spiritual

Author:David Fontana

“Pilgrimages of mind or walking meditation - bringing moments of illumination in which the sense of relationship to the rest of existence suddenly stands out with startling and unexpected clarity.”

Mind Moments Existence Meditation Walking Clarity Unexpected Standing Out Illumination Pilgrimage Walking Meditation

Author:David Fontana

“The mind is still there even when thoughts are not.”

Mind Stills

Author:David Fontana

“You're more likely to slip up when you're trying to accomplish your goals by yourself. It may be that you don't have an outer support system in place to help you maintain focus and provide the external encouragement everyone needs.”

Needs Trying May Helping Goal Support Focus Encouragement Accomplish Slips Support Systems Accomplish Your Goals

Author:Lauren Mackler

“Positive action generates positive thinking, not the other way around. Positive action is a choice, one that can be challenging, especially for people who've experienced much suffering and pain in their lives - but it's still a choice.”

People Thinking Way Stills Action Pain Suffering Choices Challenges Positive Thinking Suffering And Pain

Author:Lauren Mackler

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