“Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored places do not frighten them- or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call genius has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.” HumansPersonsCommunityDealsSecretAcceptingVisionConditionsWillingGeniusHigherDegreesRateAverageCreatorNervesDaringInnovatorsUnexplored Author:Nathaniel Branden
“Art is a creative effort of which the wellsprings lie in the spirit, and which brings us at once the most intimate self of the artist and the secret concurrences which he has perceived in things by means of a vision or intuition all his own, and not to be expressed in ideas and in words-expressible only in the work of art.” MeanArtIdeasSelfSpiritLyingArtistEffortSecretVisionCreativeArt IsIntuitionIntimateWorks Of ArtWellspringConcurrence Author:Jacques Maritain
“Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.” NeedsLooksUseHandsEyeFacesSidesSecretBehindsVisionFrontsSightMirrorsTrackPreyPinsPredatorPeripheral VisionSneaking Up Author:Diane Ackerman
“I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me and them, on that day I made up my mind that God should have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.” IfsMenShouldMindHeartHas BeensMadeOpportunityJesusChristPoorSecretBrainVisionGreaterInfluenceMy HeartJesus ChristShould HaveArmySalvationCaughtLondonAdorationSalvation Army Author:William Booth
“I've been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I've profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful vision it was. I dreamed of being the first to give to the world the secret that God is so jealous of, the formula for life. Think of the power, to create a man. And I did, I did it, I created a man. And who knows, in time I could have trained him to do my will. I could have bred a race, I might even have found the secret of eternal life.” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldLifeGivingFirstsMightFoundSecretRaceVisionPowerWonderfulMysteryEternalSacredJealousFormulasEternal LifeCursedMystery Of LifeDelving Author:William Hurlbut
“The secret is to remain true to your aesthetic vision, so that people can see that you really believe passionately in what you are doing. That way, they can relate to your style. At the same time, you experiment-you try new things.” PeopleWayTryingBelieveSecretVisionStyleExperimentsRelateAestheticNew Things Author:Giorgio Armani
“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience.” MindLongEnoughAbleWealthSecretVisionObjectsOriginalityGemsFruitionKnowledge And ExperienceNew VisionPersonal VisionWealth Of Knowledge Author:Edith Wharton