Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty.
Henry Miller
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That combination of photo and words is sending shivers down my spine!
I THINK that’s a good thing, Joanna!
The quotation certainly blew me away when I first read it! (Thank you, as always, for commenting.)
We are all part of creation, we are all creative: http://bit.ly/a4I8Oz (and I LOVE this pic, even if I do say it myself as shouldn’t!)
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Don’t lose faith… stunning quote and photo on creativity (yours) http://twurl.nl/630xfk thank you @janscottnelson
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