Two Quotes

Here are two quotes I've been sharing with my students. I have found them quite provocative. Classes started today and I always include quotes in syllabi and materials. These two I find good for motivating students:

"It is the job of artists to open doors and invite prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it's where their work comes from, although its arrival signals the beginning of the long disciplined process of making it their own."

- Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost

"You are a creative genius. Your creative genius is so accomplished that it appears, to you and to others, as effortless. Yet it far outstrips the most valiant efforts of today's fastest supercomputers. To invoke it, you need only open your eyes.

- Donlad D. Hoffman, Visual Intelligence