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I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.
— Henri Matisse
What can be expressed in words can be expressed in life.
— Henry David Thoreau
Whatever a human being makes and makes live, it lives because of the life he puts into it.
— DH Lawrence
Life is a song to me.
— Dolly Parton
There are various names for this 'Spirit of Life' because there are various life experiences.
— Jurgen Moltmann
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you have been afraid that your love of beautiful flowers and the flickering flame of the candle is somehow less spiritual than living in starkness and ugliness, remember that He who created you to be creative gave you the things with which to make beauty and the sensitivity to appreciate and respond to His creation.
— Edith Schaeffer
There are various art forms we may or may not have talent for, may or may not have time for, and we may or may not be able to express ourselves in, but we ought to consider this fact-that whether we choose to be an environment or not, we are . We produce an environment other people have to live in. We should be conscious of the fact that this environment which we produce by our very 'being' can affect the people who live with us or work with us.
— Edith Schaeffer
For anyone who wants to write, and hopes some day to publish what he or she has written, it is far more important to write than it is to study about writing.
— Edith Schaeffer
Remember that He who created you to be creative gave you the things with which to make beauty and gave you the sensitivity to appreciate and respond to His creation. Creativity is His gift to you and the 'raw materials' to be put together in various ways are His gift to you as well.
— Edith Schaeffer
Writing for enjoyment of expression- like music and painting,(and photography)- does not NEED an audience of more than one.
— Edith Schaeffer
Because man was created in the image of a creator. Man was created that he might create. It is not a waste of mans time to be creative. It is not a waste to pursue artistic or scientific pursuits in creativity, because this is what man was made to be able to do. He was made in he image of a creator, and given the capacity to create.
— Edith Schaeffer