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Brenda Ueland Quotes

When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life Picture Quote #1

And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective and learns more and does more good Picture Quote #1

If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck Picture Quote #1

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing Picture Quote #1

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one’s mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two Picture Quote #1

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The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty Picture Quote #1

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say Picture Quote #1

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable Picture Quote #1

Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure Picture Quote #1

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good Picture Quote #1

I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness Picture Quote #1

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Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing Picture Quote #1

... at last I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had Picture Quote #1

The only way to love a person is... by listening to them and seeing and believing in the God, in the poet, in them. For by doing this, you keep the God and the poet alive and make it flourish Picture Quote #1

Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time Picture Quote #1

We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision Picture Quote #1

Why should we all use our creative power...? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money Picture Quote #1

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Advertising companies hire the very brightest, wittiest young people to write for them. Not one single sentence of it is worth repeating. Why? Because it wasn’t meant Picture Quote #1

In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself Picture Quote #1

We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious Picture Quote #1

Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can tell you exactly what to do, but to the listeners; that is, the kindest, least censorious, least bossy people you know. It is because by pouring out your problem to them, you then know what to do about it yourself Picture Quote #1

You know, I have come to think listening is love, that’s what it really is Picture Quote #1

We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role Picture Quote #1

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I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day Picture Quote #1

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When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life (Brenda Ueland Quotes) And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective and learns more and does more good (Brenda Ueland Quotes) If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing (Brenda Ueland Quotes) It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one’s mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two (Brenda Ueland Quotes) The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty (Brenda Ueland Quotes) This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure (Brenda Ueland Quotes) No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good (Brenda Ueland Quotes) I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing (Brenda Ueland Quotes) ... at last I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had (Brenda Ueland Quotes) The only way to love a person is... by listening to them and seeing and believing in the God, in the poet, in them. For by doing this, you keep the God and the poet alive and make it flourish (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time (Brenda Ueland Quotes) We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Why should we all use our creative power...? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Advertising companies hire the very brightest, wittiest young people to write for them. Not one single sentence of it is worth repeating. Why? Because it wasn’t meant (Brenda Ueland Quotes) In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself (Brenda Ueland Quotes) We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious (Brenda Ueland Quotes) Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can tell you exactly what to do, but to the listeners; that is, the kindest, least censorious, least bossy people you know. It is because by pouring out your problem to them, you then know what to do about it yourself (Brenda Ueland Quotes) You know, I have come to think listening is love, that’s what it really is (Brenda Ueland Quotes) We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role (Brenda Ueland Quotes) I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day (Brenda Ueland Quotes)

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