In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. – Simone de Beauvoir

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer. – Maynard James Keenan

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox