“I once saw graffiti written on a blackboard over the urinal that said BLOW ME, ASSHOLE. I ran home, got my camera, came back, took a photo of it, and later sold it in a New York art gallery for $5,000. Art is everywhere. You just have to notice.”
– John Waters, Mr Know-it-all
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“It’s not who says it, it’s who spots it.”
– Dave Trott, Creative Mischief
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Opportunity surrounds us.
The constant invitation to take notice.
Ignorance is to miss.
To miss out on knowing more.
I love the discovery of new ideas but also the joy in a noticed turn of phrase.
It helps the world go round.
To be starved of new words is a serious challenge for me.
I need a constant stream of reading, a conveyor belt of words. The more I read the better I am at picking out what matters to me.
The rest can pass me by.
I’ll grab what I need and move on.
Conversations With Quotations 