What did William Stafford mean by: If you purify the pond, the lilies die William Stafford Poet · USA Copy
+ You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Exploration, Growth, Individuality, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ It’s love,’ they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Awakening, Connection, Love, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Connection, Life, Unity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Belief, Connection, Unity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Authenticity, Deception, Integrity, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. Author, June 22, 2023January 2, 2025, William Stafford, Resilience, Strength, Transformation, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ You don’t need many words if you already know what you’re talking about Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Clarity, Conciseness, Knowledge, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
+ Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Stafford, Discovery, Innocence, Joy, 0 William Stafford Poet · USA
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity. Read explanation Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality Jean Rousset