“The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The greatness is in constantly giving back, coming to an acknowledgment of the source. Look back to the source of any individual, any process, any set of materials. If the individual personality can relinquish its insistence on concepts like this is mine, I did it, this is original, nobody else has done it, it goes straight for greatness or the essential spirit.” IfsWayGivingLooksArtDoneSpiritIndividualProcessGreatnessMinesMaterialsSourcePersonalityEssentialsConceptsOriginalsPhotographerAcknowledgeWorks Of ArtGiving BackInsistenceAcknowledgmentIndividual Personality Author:Paul Caponigro
“The people who write official histories for the Army believe that a generation needs to pass before you can tackle the official history. It's useful to have some distance. Sources become available. Passions cool. It allows an opportunity to make some real assessments and judgments about personalities and characters.” PeopleNeedsWritingBelieveRealCharacterPassionOpportunityGenerationsSourcePersonalityJudgmentArmyDistanceAvailableOfficialsAssessmentPersonality And Character Author:Rick Atkinson
“I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality.” MomentsStageHugeSourcePersonalityPerformingEnjoymentThrillFrightStage Fright Author:Shakira
“My love affair with (him) had a wonderful element of romance to it, which I will always cherish. But it was not an infatuation, and here’s how I can tell: because I did not demand that he become my Great Emancipator or my Source of All Life, nor did I immediately vanish into that man’s chest cavity like a twisted, unrecognizable, parasitical homonculus. During our long period of courtship, I remained intact within my own personality, and I allowed myself to meet (him) for who he was.” MenLongI CanRomanceMy OwnWonderfulSourcePersonalityPeriodsDemandElementsAffairCrushCherishChestsInfatuationTwistedLove AffairCourtshipMy Own Personality Author:Elizabeth Gilbert