“Beauty is there to be noticed. Too often it is taken for granted because we are moving too fast to let it in and allow it to deliver its message in us. We need to pay attention. To show indifference to beauty is an insult to its Creator.” NeedsShowsMovingPayAttentionBeautyTakenMessagesCreatorGrantedPay AttentionIndifferenceInsultTaken For Granted Author:Luci Shaw
“The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles.” WayMayLongArtLife IsPayAttentionStruggleGoneWillingHonorLong TimePaidRegardNotesRewardsPrivilegeCreatorSensibleCitingArt Life Book:The Art Spirit Source: The Art Spirit
“The Prophets even express their surprise that God should take notice of man, who is too little and too unimportant to be worthy of the attention of the Creator; how, then, should other living creatures be considered as proper objects for Divine Providence!” MenShouldLittlesAttentionObjectsDivineCreaturesSurpriseCreatorWorthyProphetProvidenceUnimportantLiving CreaturesDivine Providence Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“You are the creator of your own reality, and so you are not in jeopardy. You do not need to control the behavior of others in order for you to thrive. Your attention to things that you think they do that keeps you from your thriving is, in fact, what keeps you from your thriving... It is not what they do to you; it's what you do to you in fear of what you think that they will do to you.” ThinkingNeedsFactsRealityOrderAttentionBehaviorCreatorThriveJeopardy Author:Esther Hicks
“You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits.” FirstsHardAttentionSceneCreatorCreditStrikesOpeningZoneViewersGrabbingBond Movie Author:Claude Lelouch
“The paintings live because their creator has been passionately attentive to their theme, and his attention has left something for us to look at. It seems a sort of miracle.” LooksHas BeensSeemsLeftAttentionPaintingMiracleCreatorTheme Author:Lucian Freud