Aberration Nation Quotes #1

"What makes us better people? It's not the uneventful, routine parts of our lives. It's the hardships, challenges, crises, and unexpected surprises that build our character and make us stronger." -- Karen (mother of autistic child)

"... at the end of the day you just have to listen to your guts ..." -Sebastien Aurillon, artist

"I love my life and all the family members in it." --Lisa (whose birth mother was her adoptive mother's sister)

"I'm trapped in the bubble of having no where else to turn because art is my soul and who I am. No matter where I run when I'm frustrated by my latest creative project, I'm acutely aware that I've been stung by that spell." - Kathy Ostman-Magnusen, artist

"... all of our experiences, good and bad, have the power to enrich our lives." -Margay (once homeless)

"Losing yourself in the "craft" aspects of it, finding the write punctuation mark, deciding if this paragraph should follow that one, this is the kind of thing that takes you out of your grief." - Darin Strauss, NY Times bestselling author of Chang and Eng and Half a Life

"Art is an expression that has its on language." - Dario Pasado, artist

"It’s okay to change a dream and it’s okay to dream as we get older. Dreams aren’t just for children." - Christine Baker (author of Why She Plays, and Sports Journalist)

"I don't believe in failure, and I don't believe in most forms of victim hood. If I don't succeed, it's because I screwed something up, and it's my job to fix whatever I broke and then try again." - John Gilstrap (NY Times bestselling author of No Mercy and Hostage Zero)

"I can’t help but think that creativity requires both constructive and destructive forces to make it really work." --Hrag Vartanian, writer, art critic (Art by Sheila Wolk)

"Manic depression is a chemical disorder of the brain. It's as real and physical as diabetes or cancer. I think if more people understood this, stigma would lessen and true compassion would emerge." -- Terri Cheney, writer

"I feel incredibly lucky to have made it out of the house alive. We do what we must to survive." -Teresa (rape victim)

"My creativity, my imagination, my ability to reason is what has saved me and helped me endure." --Antwone Fisher, writer

"No one knows what they want until they find it." --Carrie Feron, editor

"I always had problems with society because I like discovery. I never accepted everything taught to me." -- Karina Sala, artist

"A real artist has no choice and should be prepared to go down with the ship!" --Ed McCormack, writer, artist & managing editor of Gallery & Studio Magazine

"At this stage of my life, I have begun to suspect that aberrations are actually the norm." --Joshilyn Jackson, writer

"I think creative people are always questioning whether they have authentic talent or if they merely think or hope they do. Isn’t that what keeps us motivated to do better, to continue to improve?" -DeAnna Cameron, writer

"Learning how to lead and then leading American soldiers has been the greatest privilege and honor of my life." -Jerry, Army Lieutenant Colonel

"If you’re marching to the beat of a different drummer, it can be a very reassuring thing if the drummer is always strong, always on beat, and doesn’t just stop playing or run off at the first sign of trouble." -Joyce Dibona, artist

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