“Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth, detail and composition? - and is the true effect of a good painting on the spectator one that makes at once for repose and energy, calmness and intensity, serenity and stir?” MindTogetherArtistEnergyLinesEffectsColorPaintingDepthDetailsSurfaceArisePlanesIntensitySerenityVolumeCompositionSpectatorsCalmnessReposeBeing Together Author:Eli Siegel
“We have learned that beneath the surface of an ordinary everyday normal casual conscious existence there lies a vast dynamic world of impulse and dream, a hinterland of energy which has an independent existence of its own and laws of its own: laws which motivate all our thoughts and our actions.” WorldDreamActionLawLyingEnergyExistenceNormalOrdinaryConsciousIndependentEverydaySurfaceImpulseOur ThoughtsOur ActionsCasualBeneath The Surface Book:The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue Source: The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue
“Do you know how much energy, how many powers, how many forces, are still lurking behind that frame of yours? What scientist has known all that is in man? Millions of years have passed since man came here, and yet but one infinitesimal part of his powers has been manifested. Therefore, you must not say that you are weak. How do you know what possibilities lie behind that degradation on the surface? You know but little of that which is within you. For behind you is the ocean of infinite power and blessedness.” KnowsMenYearsLittlesHas BeensStillsLyingEnergyForceBehindsKnownMillionsKnow HowPossibilityOceanWeakScientistInfiniteSurfaceDo You KnowWithin YouBehind YouDegradationLurkingBlessednessInfinite Power Book:My Idea of Education Source: My Idea of Education
“As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.” TryingEnergyRocksStonesAppearanceSurfaceIceInternalsLeafsBeneath The Surface Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“The biggest energy losses for most people are relationships, interrelations with other people. That is where we lose the most energy, through our attachments - opening up to people who might be very nice on the surface but underneath they have a lot of problems.” PeopleProblemMightEnergyLosesLossNiceLosingSurfaceOpeningMysticismAttachmentVery NiceOpening UpLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“The child's true constructive energy, a dynamic power, has remained unnoticed for thousands of years. Just as men have trodden the earth, and later tilled its surface, without thought for the immense wealth hidden in its depths, so the men of our day make progress after progress in civilized life, without noticing the treasures that lie hidden in the psychic world of infancy.” MenWorldYearsChildrenEarthLyingEnergyWealthProgressHe ManDepthSurfaceTreasureCivilizedImmensePsychicsConstructiveNoticingInfancyUnnoticed Author:Maria Montessori
“If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is harming the earth, 'cos it drains the layer of oil under the surface, and that could be causing earthquakes. It's like we're giving the earth arthritis. I don't know if that sounds crazy.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWould BeEarthEnergySoundCrazyFoundationSurfaceOilWorriedLayersEarthquakesDrainsDrillingArthritisSolar Energy Author:Debbie Harry
“I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65, I don't know yet what the Lord has for me to do. I try to live up to the energy and to the calling, but I wouldn't dare say I have even scratched the surface yet.” KnowsTryingBelieveAgeYoungEnergyI BelieveLordWonderfulCallingGloryDareCreatorSurfaceYoung AgeWisps Author:Maya Angelou