![]() ![]() For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits.It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (1988).When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be. The grass is greenest where it is watered. The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence.Imagination is more important than knowledge. "Credo" at his official website this may be partly influenced by remarks of Albert Einstein in "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck" The Saturday Evening Post (26 October 1929): I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. ![]() That laughter is the only cure for grief.Īnd I believe that love is stronger than death. That hope always triumphs over experience. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts. I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. ![]() The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. I make art in and for the experience itself - to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way. … And I believe that love is stronger than death. Quotes I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
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