Quote Wednesday -- Matisse

An artist is an explorer. -- Henri Matisse

Quote Wednesday -- Einstein

Creativity is intelligence having fun. -- Albert Einstein

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. -- Coco Chanel

I know that I am essentially a sort of fun-loving person who really just wants to sit around and eat pies. -- Nora Ephron

The greatest gift that we can give one another is rapt attention to one another's existence. -- Sue Ellen

There are two cinemas: the films we have actually seen and the memories we have of them. -- Molly Haskell

The adventure is over. Everything gets over... Except the part you carry with you. -- E.L. Konigsburg

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed. -- Maria Montessori

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

The most damaging phrase in the language is "We've always done it this way." -- Grace Hopper

I'd rather not sing than sing quiet. -- Janis Joplin

Home sings me of sweet things. My life there has its own wings. To fly over the mountain, though I'm standing still. -- Karla Bonoff

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms. -- Louise Erdrich

Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day without suspecting our abode until we drive away. -- Emily Dickinson

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. -- Kate Chopin

Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people. especially women and children. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton

Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. -- Maya Angelou

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. -- Rebecca Falls

Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important. -- Lisa Hoffman

Woman suffrage is a long story of hard work and heartache crowned by victory. -- Carrie Chapman Catt