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116 Profound Deepak Chopra Quotes
Deepak Chopra is an Indian American author, public speaker, doctor, and philosopher.
He is one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in the “holistic-health” movement and has published more than 80 books including 22 New York Times best sellers.
Here are 116 profound Deepak Chopra quotes:
1. “If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can’t do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.” – Deepak Chopra
2. “Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.” – Deepak Chopra
3. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra
4. “The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.” – Deepak Chopra
5. “The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective – people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.” – Deepak Chopra
6. “Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.” – Deepak Chopra
7. “So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.” – Deepak Chopra
8. “To think is to practice brain chemistry.” – Deepak Chopra
9. “So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that’s just silly.” – Deepak Chopra
10. “Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking.” – Deepak Chopra
11. “We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.” – Deepak Chopra
12. “The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.” – Deepak Chopra
13. “I’ve worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it’s awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.” – Deepak Chopra
14. “But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you.” – Deepak Chopra
15. “You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.” – Deepak Chopra
16. “Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.”- – Deepak Chopra
17. “Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee, that’s karma. I now have that memory that might give me the potential desire for having cappuccino, and I walk into Starbucks, and there’s karma all over again.” – Deepak Chopra
18. “In every conversation I’ve had – with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums – everyone says there is an underlying consciousness of karma. That people believe in karma – that what you’re putting out is going to come back. If I do something to you, the energy of it is going to come back to me in the future.” – Deepak Chopra
19. “No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can’t find the point where these molecules became conscious.” – Deepak Chopra
20th Deepak Chopra Quote – “Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.” – Deepak Chopra
21. “The intention to live as long as possible isn’t one of the mind’s best intentions, because quantity isn’t the same as quality.” – Deepak Chopra
22. “There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” – Deepak Chopra
23. “Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It’s conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it’s a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again.” – Deepak Chopra
24. “We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.” – Deepak Chopra
25. “Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it’s a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.” – Deepak Chopra
26. “You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.” – Deepak Chopra
27. “Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I’m speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I’m doing neither. This is why our society is frazzled; this misconception that we can consciously do more than one thing at a time effectively.” – Deepak Chopra
28. “Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.” – Deepak Chopra
29. “Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.” – Deepak Chopra
30. “New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture.” – Deepak Chopra
31. “There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, ‘I have a gut feeling’ or ‘my heart is sad’ or ‘I am bursting with joy,’ you’re not speaking metaphorically. You’re speaking literally.” – Deepak Chopra
32. “The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.” – Deepak Chopra
33. “The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.” – Deepak Chopra
34. “You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.” – Deepak Chopra
35. “The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.” – Deepak Chopra
36. “A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.” – Deepak Chopra
37. “Self-awareness is value-free. It isn’t scary. It doesn’t imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.” – Deepak Chopra
38. “People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships – not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.” – Deepak Chopra
39. “Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.” – Deepak Chopra
40th Deepak Chopra Quote – “Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you’re flexible, when you’re spontaneous, when you’re detached, when you’re easy on yourself and easy on others.” – Deepak Chopra
41. “Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.” – Deepak Chopra
42. “Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.” – Deepak Chopra
43. “The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor’s badge. You can be in the world but not engage in the melodrama of it; you can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully.” – Deepak Chopra
44. “Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.” – Deepak Chopra
45. “For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go together as subjective experiences, and it’s a straw man to set God up as the delusion. If he is, then so is truth itself or beauty itself.” – Deepak Chopra
46. “We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.” – Deepak Chopra
47. “There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one’s nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.” – Deepak Chopra
48. “We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.” – Deepak Chopra
49. “Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it… every step of the way is mind over matter… We override our brains all the time.” – Deepak Chopra
50. “Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.” – Deepak Chopra
51. “Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child’s version of it cannot be the same as an old person’s.” – Deepak Chopra
52. “Dynamic activity and deep rest of the mind are complementary to each other.” – Deepak Chopra
53. “Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.” – Deepak Chopra
54. “Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.” – Deepak Chopra
55. “Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.” – Deepak Chopra
56. “What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.” – Deepak Chopra
57. “Perceptual reality is different for different species. In certain species it is a mode of observation, so what we call scientific fact is actually not ultimate truth, it is perceptual experience, and it’s a mode of observation.” – Deepak Chopra
58. “The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.” – Deepak Chopra
59. “Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason.” – Deepak Chopra
60. “Consciousness, rather than being an epiphenomenon of matter, is actually the source of matter. It differentiates into space, time, energy, information, and matter. Even though this view is an ancient view, an ancient world view, it is now finding some resonance amongst a few scientists.” – Deepak Chopra
61. “Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation with no values.” – Deepak Chopra
62. “Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world – hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.” – Deepak Chopra
63. “If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.” – Deepak Chopra
64. “Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good.” – Deepak Chopra
65. “In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.” – Deepak Chopra
66. “I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn’t mean I’m going to miss my train, it just means that I’m not thinking about it right now because I’m speaking to you.” – Deepak Chopra
67. “No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions.” – Deepak Chopra
68. “I, of course, meditate for two hours every morning. It’s part of my schedule; I wake up at 4 a.m. every day and I love it.” – Deepak Chopra
69. “We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that’s conscious evolution.” – Deepak Chopra
70. “As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you’re going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. You know, the two-year-old dies before the three-year-old shows up, the three-year-old dies before the teenager shows up.” – Deepak Chopra
71. “I feel genius in great works of art. I have seen medical cures that science can’t explain, some seemingly triggered by faith. The same is true of millions of other people.” – Deepak Chopra
72. “The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” – Deepak Chopra
73. “It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.” – Deepak Chopra
74. “In a person’s career, well, if you’re process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you’re more likely to be success. I often say ‘pursue excellence, ignore success.’ Success is a by-product of excellence.” – Deepak Chopra
75. “In moments of transcendence, when time stands still, your biological clock will stop. The spirit is that domain of our awareness where there is no time.” – Deepak Chopra
76. “Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It’s conscious.” – Deepak Chopra
77. “We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology.” – Deepak Chopra
78. “Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.” – Deepak Chopra
79. “I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.” – Deepak Chopra
80th Deepak Chopra Quote – “Passivity is the same as defending injustice.” – Deepak Chopra
81. “It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.” – Deepak Chopra
82. “Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.” – Deepak Chopra
83. “Spiritual people should not be ashamed of being wealthy.” – Deepak Chopra
84. “I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.” – Deepak Chopra
85. “Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.” – Deepak Chopra
86. “You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.” – Deepak Chopra
87. “People think meditation is a huge undertaking. Don’t think of it like that.” – Deepak Chopra
88. “Our thinking and our behavior are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.” – Deepak Chopra
89. “And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which, for lack of a better word, we can call the soul. A collective component, which is more archetypal, and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness.” – Deepak Chopra
90. “In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.” – Deepak Chopra
91. “There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.” – Deepak Chopra
92. “Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.” – Deepak Chopra
93. “Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.” – Deepak Chopra
94. “Every person is a god in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.” – Deepak Chopra
95. “A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.” – Deepak Chopra
96. “All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive, and quarrelsome.” – Deepak Chopra
97. “A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.” – Deepak Chopra
98. “Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.” – Deepak Chopra
99. “We’re living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it’s run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.” – Deepak Chopra
100. “Karma is only in space, time, and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.” – Deepak Chopra
101. “I’ve always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit.” – Deepak Chopra
102. “The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.” – Deepak Chopra
103. “There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people’s potential or even enthusiasm.” – Deepak Chopra
104. “I dislike the word ‘self-help.’ Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.” – Deepak Chopra
105. “In India, you’re taught that there are certain qualities that make you a divine human being.” – Deepak Chopra
106. “There is no separation between mind and body… Self and other co-arise and fall away all the time.” – Deepak Chopra
107. “All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there’s an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.” – Deepak Chopra
108. “We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.” – Deepak Chopra
109. “When resources become skimpy, human beings don’t suddenly cooperate to conserve what’s left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource.” – Deepak Chopra
110. “If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.” – Deepak Chopra
111. “When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people’s attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being.” – Deepak Chopra
112. “Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body.” – Deepak Chopra
113. “I was always interested in going deeply into the life of the prophet.” – Deepak Chopra
114. “Once you’re more aware of people’s needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you’re responsible for your own well-being, too.” – Deepak Chopra
115. “The fear of death comes from limited awareness.” – Deepak Chopra
116. “From a scientist’s perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts of genes and the brain until there are no more secrets left.” – Deepak Chopra
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176 Inspirational Pablo Picasso Quotes on Art, Creativity and Life
Hey there, art lovers and curious minds! Are you ready to dive deep into the colorful, chaotic, and brilliant world of Pablo Picasso?
I’ve gathered 176 of pablo picasso’s most inspiring quotes that reveal the genius behind the masterpieces.
Picasso wasn’t just about Cubism and crazy creativity; his words offer a treasure trove of wisdom on life, art, and everything in between.
Whether you’re an artist looking for a spark, or just someone who loves a good quote, you’re in the right place.
Get ready to see the world through Picasso’s eyes and let his words inspire your next big idea.
Here are the most inspirational Pablo Picasso quotes
1. “I’m Picasso! You and I are going to do great things together.”
2. “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.”
3. “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.”
4. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
5. “Everything you can imagine is real.”
6. “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
7. “It takes a long time to become young.”
8. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
9. “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.”
10. “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”
11. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
12. “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
13. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.”
14. “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”
15. “He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”
16. “It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
17. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
18. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
19. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
20. “Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
21. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”
22. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
23. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
24. “The older you get, the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face.”
25. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.”
26. “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
27. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
28. “If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!”
29. “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
30. “The first half of life is learning to be an adult—the second half is learning to be a child.”
31. “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
32. “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
33. “We don’t grow older, we grow riper.”
34. “The people who make art their business are mostly impostors.”
35. “One must act in painting as in life, directly.”
36. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”
37. “To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow: the most unfortunate and hard blow.”
38. “To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.”
39. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
40. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
41. “I do not seek. I find.”
42. “I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.”
43. “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
44. “I paint as if some blind man was looking over my shoulder.”
45. “If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”
46. “In art, there is only one thing that counts: the thing you cannot explain.”
47. “It is not what the artist does that counts, but what he is.”
48. “It took me a lifetime.”
49. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”
50. “Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly impostors.”
51. “My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”
52. “Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”
53. “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
54. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
55. “Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself. And to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
56. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place.”
57. “The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
58. “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.”
59. “To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.”
60. “We have a misfortune that our minds have wings, but our bodies do not.”
61. “What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only eyes if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician?”
62. “What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face?”
63. “What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.”
64. “You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.”
65. “You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.”
66. “What is necessary to paint well? The importance of an artist is to be able to survive as an artist.”
67. “We must be vigilant, even against our own subconscious thoughts.”
68. “Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists.”
69. “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
70. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
71. “Give me a museum, and I’ll fill it.”
72. “Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”
73. “I do not believe I have ever painted a dream.”
74. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
75. “I am the child who is born out of the incestuous marriage of art and money.”
76. “Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous.”
77. “Give me a forum, and I’ll give you a controversy.”
78. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
79. “The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.”
80. “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
81. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
82. “I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”
83. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
84. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
85. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
86. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
87. “It is not up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise, it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
88. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint.”
89. “Give me some mud and I will paint you a picture of a woman.”
90. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
91. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
92. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
93. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
94. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
95. “One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail.”
96. “The more I paint, the more I like everything.”
97. “Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.”
98. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
99. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
100. “Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
101. “I am only an entertainer who has understood his time.”
102. “Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.”
103. “Give me a lamp and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”
104. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
105. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
106. “When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.”
107. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
108. “Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
109. “I paint just as I breathe.”
110. “When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.”
111. “I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches.”
112. “I search incessantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.”
113. “I attempt to observe nature, always. I am intent on resemblance, and resemblance more real than the real, attaining the surreal.”
114. “For my part I always aim at likeness.… For me surreality is nothing else, never has been anything else, than that deep likeness far beyond the shapes and colors of immediate appearance.”
115. “I have only one thought: work.”
116. “In art, the mass of people no longer seek consolation and exaltation but whatever is new, odd, original, extravagant, or scandalous.”
117. “By amusing myself with all these games, rebuses, and arabesques I became famous, famous very quickly.”
118. “But when I am quite alone I have not the courage to think of myself as an artist in the ancient, splendid sense of the word.”
119. “In the course of my reading I have necessarily waded through thick clouds of interpretative Teutonic metaphysics and a great deal of homespun psychology.”
120. “Where do I get this power of creating and forming? I don’t know.”
121. “The man in the glass cannot make himself out.”
122. “Even if he had been as fluent as Bossuet no amount of words could have said so much, nor so accurately, as a single picture.”
123. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
124. “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.”
125. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
126. “Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”
127. “It is not what an artist does that counts, but what he is.”
128. “Give me a museum, and I’ll fill it.”
129. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
130. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
131. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
132. “The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.”
133. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
134. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
135. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
136. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
137. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
138. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
139. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
140. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
141. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
142. “One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail.”
143. “The more I paint, the more I like everything.”
144. “Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.”
145. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
146. “Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists.”
147. “Art is the lie that makes us see the truth.”
148. “Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction.”
149. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
150. “Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.”
151. “It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
152. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
153. “Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
154. “To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.”
155. “We don’t grow older; we grow riper.”
156. “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.”
157. “You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.”
158. “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
159. “Give me a lamp and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”
160. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
161. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
162. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
163. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
164. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
165. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
166. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
167. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
168. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
169. “It is not up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise, it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
170. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
171. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint.”
172. “Give me some mud and I will paint you a picture of a woman.”
173. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
174. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
175. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
176. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
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32 Powerful Quotes About Overcoming Procrastination by Joel Brown
I’ve put together something special for you: my Top 32 Procrastination Quotes.
Did you know that Procrastination is not about you being Lazy? There’s something much deeper going on in your subconscious. I create. a quick 3 min quiz you can take to discover which of the 6 procrastination types you are, you can take the quiz here: DoQuiz.com
These procrastination quotes aren’t just your everyday quotes; they’re power-packed nuggets of wisdom to kick procrastination to the curb and get you moving.
Drawing from my years of coaching and diving deep into what makes us tick (or what stops us in our tracks), I’ve crafted these quotes to light a fire under you. They’re a mix of tough love, inspiration, and just that little nudge we all need sometimes.
Whether you’ve been with me on this journey for a while or you’re just getting to know me, these quotes are for you.
They’re your wake-up call to stop waiting for “the right time” and start making your own right time, right now.
So, let’s dive in and shake things up. These quotes are more than just words; they’re your toolkit for beating procrastination and stepping into your power.
Let’s get to it!
The Top 32 Procrastination Quotes To Get You Into Action
Procrastination is not a problem with managing time; it is a problem with managing emotions. Manage your emotions, not your time. – Joel Brown
Embrace the discomfort of starting. It’s the secret passage to overcoming procrastination and rediscovering your momentum. – Joel Brown
Procrastination often disguises itself as planning. It tricks you into feeling productive, but in reality, you’re just stalling. Without action, there’s no progress, leaving you stranded in a sea of unfulfilled plans. The solution is simple: Stop overthinking and just start! – Joel Brown
Procrastination feeds on fear, but action starves it. Take the first step, even if it’s small, and watch the fear fade away. – Joel Brown
God handed you time on a golden platter, and you’re letting it rot with procrastination? Show some respect. – Joel Brown
In the brain’s battle between instant gratification and long-term success, procrastination is the enemy you’ve welcomed in. – Joel Brown
Procrastination isn’t just the thief of time; it’s the silencer of potential and the postponer of purpose. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is a glitch, and with a mind like yours, glitches are easily overridden. Command your focus and rewrite your neural code. – Joel Brown
Neurologically speaking, procrastination might be the brain’s way of asking us for a deeper dialogue with our purpose. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is like the fog over the lands of potential; once cleared, the path becomes visible and the journey, achievable. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is more than just a delay—it’s a barrier between you and your highest potential, between you and the life you deserve. The inability to act due to lack of structure, indecision, unclear life goals, and uncertainty about the future is silently eroding your wealth and well-being. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s protective mechanism against perceived threats and discomforts. – Joel Brown
Procrastination may be a symptom of our brain’s resistance to discomfort, but overcoming it is a testament to human resilience. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s pendulum, swinging between the desire for change and the fear of it. – Joel Brown
Avoidance patterns, like procrastination, are the brain’s way of seeking momentary relief, often at the cost of long-term fulfillment. – Joel Brown
To overcome procrastination is to master the dance between the mind’s desire for comfort and the soul’s need for growth. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s way of avoiding the discomfort of growth and the fear of the unknown. – Joel Brown
The lies you tell yourself will eventually become your limit. Break the cycle of procrastination, get up, and you’ll discover your true power. – Joel Brown
Procrastination and staying in your comfort zone is like sitting in a parked car with the engine running – you’re wasting precious fuel and going nowhere fast. Don’t let fear of the unknown or discomfort hold you back from reaching your destination. – Joel Brown
Procrastination and distraction are like two thieves in the night, stealing your time and robbing you of your potential. Don’t let them sneak in and take what’s yours. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is self-denial of your potential. You put your future at risk to avoid judgement. Real coaches know that in order for their client to remove this “perceived pain of the future” they must support their clients to accept and heal the pain experienced in the past. – Joel Brown
A purpose-driven individual knows how to conquer these seven flaws successfully: Oversleeping, blame, fear, jealousy, resentment, sloth, and procrastination. – Joel Brown
Your real issues:
– Your procrastination
– The junk food you eat
– Your lack of discipline
– Your self-doubt
– Your self-criticism
– Your lack of focus
– Your pride
Go to war with that. – Joel Brown
Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Break the chain of procrastination. Every day, take a small step. Example: If you want to stop eating sugar, pick one day a week when you won’t eat any kind of sugar. Take it step by step from there. – Joel Brown
The bridge between ‘someday’ and ‘today’ is built with the bricks of discipline and the mortar of commitment. Start laying your bricks now. – Joel Brown
The cost of procrastination is the life you could’ve lived, the goals you could’ve achieved, and the person you could’ve become. Let’s invest in your future, starting now. – Joel Brown
Overcoming procrastination isn’t about finding more time; it’s about creating more purpose. Let’s ignite your purpose and watch time find you. – Joel Brown
Procrastination’s greatest lie is that there will always be a tomorrow. Let’s live and act with the urgency of today, for it’s the only guarantee we have. – Joel Brown
Your dreams don’t have a snooze button. Stop hitting ‘later’ and start living now. – Joel Brown
Waiting for the perfect moment is like fishing in a dry pond. Cast your net now, where the water is plentiful. – Joel Brown
“Procrastination is a silent assassin. Speak life into your goals with action.” – Joel Brown
Which one was your favorite procrastination quote? I’d love to know.
Share it in the comments below.
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10x Powerful Grant Cardone Quotes That Have Changed My Life
Ten powerful quotes by Grant Cardone have profoundly impacted my life and helped me achieve my goals
Grant Cardone is a renowned entrepreneur, motivational speaker, Real Estate mogul, and author known for his powerful and inspiring quotes that have impacted the lives of millions of people. In this article, we will delve into the top 10 quotes that have had a profound impact on my life and the lives of others. (more…)
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80 Inspirational Quotes About Purpose to Fuel Your Passion
If you’re seeking inspiration and motivation to discover your purpose in life, look no further than these purpose quotes. Finding your purpose can be a challenging and daunting task, but it’s a crucial step towards living a fulfilling life. These quotes provide wisdom and insight into the importance of purpose and how to pursue it.
Whether you’re feeling lost or searching for direction, these purpose quotes can provide clarity and guidance. From famous philosophers and authors to modern-day thought leaders, these quotes offer a diverse range of perspectives on purpose.
Take some time to reflect on these purpose quotes and consider how they resonate with your own journey. Remember that discovering your purpose is a personal and unique experience, but these quotes can serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration along the way.
So, if you’re ready to unlock the power of purpose in your life, start by exploring these insightful purpose quotes. With determination, focus, and a positive mindset, you can discover your purpose and live the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Here are 80 Inspirational Quotes about Purpose
1. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
3. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Your purpose is not just a job or a career, it’s a calling from God that inspires you to make a difference in the world.” – Joel Brown
5. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
6. “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” – Robert F. Kennedy
7. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
8. “Your purpose in life is to use your unique gifts and talents to make a positive impact on the world around you.” – Sir Ken Robinson
9. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard
10. “The purpose of life is to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. “Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” – Unknown
12. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
13. “Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and passions to help others, and in doing so, find joy and fulfillment for yourself.” – Unknown
14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
15. “The purpose of life is to find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.” – Stephen Covey
16. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
17. “Your purpose in life is to create something that outlasts you.” – Matthew McConaughey
18. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
19. “The purpose of life is to find your own way, and to find your own path, and to follow it.” – Unknown
20. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
21. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
22. “The purpose of life is to make your heart sing and your soul dance.” – Unknown
23. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
24. “The purpose of life is to be a light to others, to show them the way, and to help them find their own path.” – Unknown
25. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
26. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
27. “The purpose of life is to find your passion and pursue it. – Unknown
28. “You were born with a purpose. You have something to offer the world that no one else can.” – Marie Forleo
29. “Purpose is the reason you journey. Passion is the fire that lights your way.” – Ryan Blair
30. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins
32. “The purpose of life is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. “Your purpose in life is to find your voice and give it a voice.” – Stephen Covey
34. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
35. “Your purpose in life is to find your own path, and to follow it, no matter what anyone else says.” – Unknown
36. “When you find your purpose, everything else falls into place.” – Frida
37. “Your purpose is not to impress others, but to express yourself.” – Unknown
38. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
39. “Find your purpose, and then give your whole heart to it.” – Unknown
40. “You have a purpose in life. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.” – Unknown
41. “Purpose is the reason you are here. Passion is what makes you stay.” – Michael Jordan
42. “The purpose of life is to create, to give, to love, and to leave a legacy.” – Unknown
43. “The purpose of life is not to be perfect, but to be authentic.” – Unknown
44. “Your purpose is to live the life that is right for you, not the life that others expect of you.” – Kobe Bryant
45. “Your purpose in life is to make a positive difference in the world, no matter how small.” – Richard Branson
46. “The purpose of life is to find truth, and to live it, no matter what.” – Joel Brown
47. “Your purpose in life is to create a life that you love, and to share that love with others.” – Unknown
48. “Your purpose in life is not to be successful, but to live a meaningful life that aligns with your values and passions.” – Unknown
49. “Finding your purpose is a journey, not a destination.” – Unknown
50. “The purpose of life is to use your gifts and talents to make the world a better place.” – Dwayne Johnson
51. “The purpose of life is to be yourself, and to express yourself fully in the world.” – Unknown
52. “Your purpose in life is to live with intention, to pursue your passions, and to make a positive impact on the world.” – Unknown
53. “Your purpose in life is not just to exist, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou
54. “The purpose of life is to grow, to learn, to evolve, and to become the best version of yourself.” – Unknown
55. “Your purpose in life is to live a life that is true to yourself, and that inspires others to do the same.” – Unknown
56. “The purpose of life is to find joy in the journey, and to create a life that brings you happiness and fulfillment.” – Dwight Howard
57. “Your purpose in life is to make a difference in the lives of others, to be of service, and to contribute to the greater good.” – Myles Munroe
58. “The purpose of life is to discover your own path, and to have the courage to follow it, no matter where it leads.” – Jay Shetty
59. “Your purpose in life is to be the best version of yourself, and to inspire others to do the same.” – Unknown
60. “The purpose of life is to create something that will outlast us, to leave a positive impact on the world, and to make a difference in the lives of others.” – Elon Musk
61. “Your purpose in life is to embrace your unique gifts and talents, and to use them to create a life that is truly your own.” – Unknown
62. “The purpose of life is to seek out new experiences, to learn, to grow, and to find meaning in every moment.” – Unknown
63. “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.” – Myles Munroe
64. “Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
65. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
66. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” – Stephen C. Hogan, author and entrepreneur
67. “When you have a strong enough why, you can tolerate any how.” – Tony Robbins
68. “Purpose is not a destination, it’s a journey. It’s not something you find, it’s something you create.” – Evan Carmichael
69. “If you are not passionate about it, forget it.” – Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s
70. “You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.” – Rick Warren
Here are some of my most shared quotes about purpose:
1. “Without purpose, you’re like a ship without a rudder, drifting into the abyss, never reaching your destination.” – Joel Brown
2. “Purpose is the compass that will guide you on your journey to greatness.” – Joel Brown
3. “Purpose is not just a destination, it’s a journey, a process of self-discovery and growth.” – Joel Brown
4. “The most successful people in the world have a clear sense of purpose, a burning desire to achieve their dreams.” – Joel Brown
5. “Your purpose is your passion, the thing that makes you come alive and gives your life meaning.” – Joel Brown
6. “Purpose gives you the courage to take risks, to try new things, to step outside of your comfort zone.” – Joel Brown
7. “The key to unlocking your full potential is to discover your God given purpose, and then pursue it with all your heart.” – Joel Brown
8. “When you have a strong sense of purpose, you can overcome any obstacle and achieve anything you set your mind to.” – Joel Brown
9. “Your purpose is not just about what you do, it’s about who you are and what you stand for.” – Joel Brown
10. “Purpose is the driving force behind all great achievements. When you have a clear sense of purpose, nothing can stop you.” – Joel Brown
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