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“My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.”

I Can Light Form Lying Creative Talent Expression Essence Painter Colour Creative Power Essence Of Life

Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

“This morning take a few minutes to reflect on how you give of yourself to the world. Often we get caught up in the frenzy of buying and giving things. Look at the ways you give appreciation, friendship, energy, time, love, and affection, and give of your own special talents and abilities throughout the year. Acknowledge yourself for having enriched the lives of others. Spend some time loving yourself for the giving light that you are.”

Source: Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations

“Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don’t understand but something I’m able to harness and use. While electricity remains a mystery, I know I can plug into it and light up a cathedral or a synagogue or an operating room and use it to help save a life. Or I can use it to electrocute someone. Like electricity, creativity makes no judgment. I can use it productively or destructively. The important thing is to use it. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.”

“Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide, They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride; While yet but mere probationers for fame, They seize the honor they should then disclaim: Honor so hurried to the light must fade, The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.”

Source: The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume

“There is an exercise I teach at colleges: Get yourself a canvas and a bunch of acrylics and go into a very dimly lighted room. Dip a brush into one of the colors, slap it on the canvas, don't look, close your eyes, make a painting, don't look, turn the lights on and see what you've got. I think this releases people from the editor in their life that's always standing over their shoulder saying, "Oh, you don't have any talent; who do you think you are?"”

People Thinking Looks Light Eye Turns Rooms Teach Talent College Color Painting Exercise Standing Shoulders Bunch Release Editors Canvas Brushes Slap Dip

Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie

“The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special. But at night, the firefly glows with its own light source. The darkness brings out its most beautiful gift. That's an extraordinary talent for an ordinary-looking creature, isn't it?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Light Beautiful Night Darkness Special Talent Source Creatures Ordinary Extraordinary Insects Daytime Firefly Unassuming

Book:Rainshadow Road

Source: Rainshadow Road

“Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege of the passions alone to bring them to light, and to direct us sometimes to surer and more excellent aims than conscious effort could.”

Mind Sometimes Light Seems Passion Ability Effort Talent Conscious Direct Aim Depth Privilege Excellent Treasured Talents And Abilities

Author:Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

“People are brought up to think, "It's nice to be modest. It's nice to hide your light under a bushel." Well, bullshit! I've never bought that. In my business, the only thing you've really got is your talent; it's the only thing you have to sell.”

People Thinking Wells Light Nice Talent Sells Bullshit Modest

Author:Johnny Carson

“It requires no special talent to be a shadow; but to be a light, you need to be burning inwardly!”

Needs Light Special Talent Shadow Burning Special Talents

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The general unreliability of all information presents a special problem in war: all action takes place, so to speak, in the twilight, which, like fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. Whatever is hidden from full view in this feeble light has to be guessed at by talent, or simply left to chance. So once again for the lack of objective knowledge, one has to trust to talent or to luck.”

War Problem Light Seems Action Left Speak Chance Views Special Talent Information Luck Objectives Twilight Fog Moonlight Grotesque Unreliability

Book:On War

Source: On War

“There are many lights in the shadows and many shadows in the lights; lots of talents in the shades, lots of incompetents in the luminosities”

Light Talent Shadow Shade

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine talents not often found together. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher - in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in the light ofthe past for the purposes of the future”

Source: The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography

“I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own. God is my strength. He gave me a good body and some talent and the freedom to develop it. He helps me when things go wrong. He forgives me when I fall on my face. He lights the way.”

Way Needs Helping Body Light Faces Fall My Own Talent Depends Bigger Stronger Forgiving Help Me Wiser Forgive Me When Things Go Wrong

Author:Hank Aaron

“I'm having a blast using the gifts and talents that God has given me as a platform to minister to people and love them and shine the light that He wants me to shine.”

People Want Light Given Talent And Love Shining Ministers Want Me Platforms Blast Gifts And Talents He Wants Me

Author:Christian Hosoi