Acrylic portrait painting
Woman with pink rose in her hair

I have a large, growing collection of quotes. Every one I see that resonates with me, I copy and paste it into a text file, and save it. Whenever I need a quote for my blog post, I have a slew of them on hand. I see a lot of quotes online every day, on FB, Twitter, everywhere, but surprisingly, I only have two all time favorites.

Welcome

I do this not for you. I do it so I can shut up the gnawing, dimwitted critics in my brain who tell me I am nothing.

Natalie Goldberg

I love Natalie Goldberg. I’ve carried Writing Down The Bones around with me since it was published in 1986. I’ve read both of her memoirs, and all her books, except a couple, I just noticed. Ack! I must get them! She speaks my kind of language, and her words flow so smoothly, it’s almost like she’s in the room speaking directly to me. It’s not surprising to me that one of her quotes is my favorite. 

Acrylic portrait painting
Woman with pink rose in her hair 

My second favorite quote is by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a gay visual artist, who sadly, passed away from AIDS in 1996, when he was only 38 years old. I did a Goggle search, so you can see his art here.   

I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that’s why I made works of art.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

What are some of your favorites? You never know, I may find a new favorite upon yours.