Patrick Spears

“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”-Mark Twain

The masses get confined.

My condolences go out to those lost in the horrible September 11th attacks, as well as their families and friends.

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

-From the Apple Computers Inc “Think Different” campaign

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”-Dr. Seuss

“Art is not what you see, but what you must make others see.”-Edgar Degas

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

-Robert Frost

“A man can do all things if he will”-Leon Battista Alberti

“I can paint, if I say so myself, and they know it. But I can’t paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can’t do it. I just can’t do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy.”-Rembrandt

Moral of the story: Don’t conform. Stay true to yourself and your craft. Master it.

The man most responsible for my success and who I am. An amazing man. He taught me the world. Thanks Irv