James Matthew Barrie: Bring Sunshine
“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” James Matthew Barrie novelist & playwright creator of Peter Pan (1860-1937)
Category Archives: Beloved Quotes
Mark Twain: Pause
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain, writer & humorist (1835-1910)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)
Ben Okri
Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. Ben Okri, poet and novelist born March 15, 1959
A.Word.A.Day brought wisdom my way
Every day “A.Word.A.Day” lands in my email inbox. Anu Garg and team produce this and other resources as part of Wordsmith.org: Wordsmith is a worldwide online community of people who share […]
Hart Crane
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)
Make Something: Wallpaper
I suspect I’ve used this quote before, somewhere in this year of making something every day. That’s because it really resonates: “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” Pablo Picasso […]
Make Something: Bookmark
Today’s make something instructions were to make a unique bookmark. A quick scan of Pinterest generated more ideas (and many more complicated ideas) than I needed. But I saw several […]
Make Something: Triangle
I needed to make something with triangles today … and I wanted to hold true to my theme of “words.” Three has long been my favorite number, and the triangle […]
Anais Nin
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. Anais Nin
Anatole France
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)
Thornton Wilder
If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good. Thornton Wilder, writer (1897-1975)
Brenda Ueland
I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten—happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead […]
Pablo Picasso
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973)
Ray Bradbury
My stories run up and bite me in the leg — I respond by writing them down — everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea […]
Beth Nyland 