"The real work of the artist is a way of being in the world." - Rick Rubin
"Art is a way of recognizing oneself." - Louise Bourgeois
"Affect is not just necessary for wisdom; it's also irrevocably woven into the fabric of every decision." - Lisa Feldman Barrett
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way" - Viktor Frankl
"Part of the artist's job is to make the commonplace singular, to project a different interpretation onto the conventional." - Sally Mann
"The opposite of belonging is fitting in." - Brené Brown
"Business isn't about ties, suits and briefcases. It's about adventure." - Richard Branson
"Prior to the advent of brain, there was no color and no sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably little sense and no feeling or emotion. Before brains the universe was also free of pain and anxiety." - Roger Sperry
"There is no such thing as constructive criticism." - Julie and John Gottman
"Behind every criticism is a veiled wish." - Esther Perel
"No one can compete with you on being you." - Naval Ravikant
"Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." - Carl Rogers
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
"There is no such thing as an uninteresting life, such a thing is an impossibility. Beneath the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, a tragedy." - Mark Twain
"Desire itself is essentially mimetic: it is always the desire to be another." - René Girard.
"Deserving is the curse of the unworthy." - Esther Perel
"Distraction is a strategy in service of the work." - Rick Rubin
"If your dreams don't scare you they are too small." - Richard Branson
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust
"Forgiveness means giving up the hope that the past could be any different." - Oprah Winfrey
"Never make decisions out of fear; the best decisions always come from courage." - Brian Chesky
"Growth is becoming more of who you are." - Garry Tan
"You need to grow faster than your startup." - Mathilde Collin
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." - Carl Jung
"The best investment you can make is in yourself." - Warren Buffett
"Our journey is entirely imaginary. That is its strength. … You just have to close your eyes." - Céline
"The journey is the reward." - Steve Jobs
"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell
"Live to the point of tears." - Albert Camus
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Richard Branson
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" - Ludwig Wittgenstein
"What is to give light must endure burning." - Viktor Frankl
"Nothing can be accomplished without love." - Henri Matisse
"Memory is an action: essentially it is the action of telling a story" - Pierre Janet
"You always own the option of having no opinion." - Marcus Aurelius
"Strong opinions, loosely held." - Paul Saffo
"Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life" - Carl Jung
"Play is a state of unselfconsciousness" - Esther Perel
"Hire people who make you never want to hire "normal" people again." - Brian Chesky
"Every day you have to abandon your past or accept it, and then, if you cannot accept it, you become a sculptor." - Louise Bourgeois
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher
"The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships" - Esther Perel
"The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself" - Diane von Fürstenberg
"Risk is an active engagement with the unknown." - Esther Perel
"I've been rejected, but I am still in love." - Steve Jobs
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are" - Anaïs Nin
"The camera teaches us how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange
"Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential" - Agile Manifesto
"Scientific evidence shows that waht we see, hear, touch, taste and smell are largely simulations of the world, not reactions to it." - Lisa Feldman Barrett
"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." - Viktor Frankl
"The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves." - Bessel van der Kolk
"What you’re doing is not important. What is really important is the state of mind from which you do it." - Marina_Abramovic
"Stress comes from unaddressed problems – ignoring something that you should be working on. Stress doesn’t come from the work itself." - Jeff Bezos
"Success is more than luck. You have to believe in yourself and make it happen." - Richard Branson
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." - Steve Jobs
"Human beings at their best are resiliant, creative and inventive when unafraid of being themselves" - John Galliano
"What is most personal is most universal." - Carl Rogers
"A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want." - Madonna
"Make the best work you can make. Make it uniquely yours. Make a lot of it, and you will know what yours is supposed to look like." - Sally Mann
"The only way out is through." - Robert Frost
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