28 Drawings of February, week 3

Day 15

“Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your bra at night.”

Drawn 2/10/2014


Day 16

“If you are happy you are fulfilling the purpose of existence.”

Drawn 2/11/2015


Day 17

“Only mediocrity is safe from ridicule.”

Drawn 2/25/2013


Day 18

“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.”

Drawn 2/28/2013


Day 19

“There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.”

Drawn 2/16/2009


Day 20

“Humility doesn’t mean you think less of yourself; it means you think of yourself less.”

Drawn 2/29/2012


Day 21

“Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.”

Drawn 2/27/2012


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28 Drawings of February, Week 2

Day 8

“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist. Fear, doubt and hate have hamstrung more people than beasts ever have.”

Drawn 2/4/2016


Day 9


“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.”

Drawn 2/4/2011


Day 10

“Respect is love in plain clothes.”

Drawn 2/5/2010


Day 11

“A negative mind will never lead to a positive life.”

Drawn 2/8/2016


Day 12

“The surest way to corrupt a young person is to teach them to esteem more highly those who think alike than those who think differently.” Nietzsche

If I taught my children one thing, I hope it is this.

Drawn 2/3/2003


Day 13

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”

Drawn 2/2/2012


Day 14

“Love is being stupid together.”

Happy Valentines Day!


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28 Drawings of February, Week 1

I am continuing to post on social media a napkin drawing every day. Here on my site I am posting them weekly. This month i’ve decided to include the commentary I wrote with the napkin on the date originally posted.

Day 1

“Spring, summer, fall fill us with hope; Winter alone reminds us of the human condition.”

Drawn 2/1/2011


Day 2

“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”

Drawn 2/2/2010


Day 3

“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can’t attain it in anything.”

Drawn on 2/3/2009


Day 4

“I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.”

Confucius

Drawn 2/4/2009


Day 5

“Effort and Courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

Drawn 2/5/2015


Day 6

“here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete: If you are alive, it isn’t.”

Drawn on 2/2/2015


Day 7

“Those who want to imitate anything produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali

Drawn 2/7/2009


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31 Drawings of January, week 5

Day 25

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” – Horace Mann

Drawn 1/10/2001


Day 26

“There is no greater joy for a fool than to find a greater fool.”

Drawn 1/15/2013


Day 27

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”

Drawn 1/17/2013


Day 28

“A fool flatters herself, a wise woman flatters the fool.”

Drawn 1/16/2013


Day 29

“The universe is uncanny at serving up what we need most in the guise of what we fear most.”

Drawn on 1/8/2014


Day 30

“Life is a quarry out of which we are to mold, chisel and complete a character.”

Drawn on 1/29/2013


Day 31

“She jests at scars that never felt a wound.”

Drawn on 1/24/2013


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31 Drawings of January, week 4

Day 18

“If you can dream it, you can launch it.”

Drawn on a napkin 1/23/2014


Day 19

“We may have all come on different ships but we are all in the same boat now.” – MLK, Jr.

Drawn on a napkin, 1/19/2015


Day 20

“Choose discomfort over regret.”

Drawn 1/27/2011


Day 21

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”

Drawn 1/3/2018


Day 22

“Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.”

Drawn 1/4/2011


Day 23

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”

Drawn 1/3/2011


Day 24

“If triangles had a god she would have 3 sides.”

Drawn on 1/21/2014


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