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Select your favorite quotes for the River Arts District "Viewpoint" public art project

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Please select your three favorite quotes. The top quotes will be considered by the Public Art and Cultural Commission (PACC) Advisory and Selection Committee when they make their recommendation for final selection to PACC at their June 27 meeting.

Response Percent Response Count
"...Then she could be strong." — Wilma Dykeman, "The Tall Woman" 5.1% 24
"Life is the most spectacular show on earth." — Sara Gruen, "Water for Elephants" 7.7% 36
"Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen." — Thomas Wolfe, "Look Homeward Angel" 31.1% 146
"We are a flash of fire." — Thomas Wolfe, "Look Homeward Angel" 4.3% 20
"Every moment is a window on all time." — Thomas Wolfe, "Look Homeward Angel" 7.5% 35
"This is a moment." — Thomas Wolfe, "Look Homeward Angel" 6.2% 29
“You can only become accomplished at something you love.” — Maya Angelou 6.6% 31
"The rivers flow not past us, but through us." — John Muir 36.5% 171
"There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one." — Thomas Wolfe 2.8% 13
"The sky at night is like a big city. There are no accidents; there are no losses. Everything knows its way." — Kofu Hoh (Ewe verse) 0.4% 2
"Space is the breath of art." — Paul Klee, faculty, Black Mountain College of Art 5.3% 25
"One eye sees, the other feels." — Paul Klee 3.2% 15
"I prefer to see with closed eyes." — Josef Albers, faculty, Black Mountain College of Art 3.0% 14
"Curiosity is the main energy." — Robert Rauschenberg, faculty, Black Mountain College of Art 5.3% 25
"Form is the shape of content." — Ben Shahn, faculty, Black Mountain College of Art 0.4% 2
"Creativity takes courage." — Henri Matisse (Descendant Alex Matisse of East Fork Pottery lives here.) 9.8% 46
"Art is an escape from reality." — Henri Matisse 1.5% 7
"Let’s get a little crazy here." — Bob Ross 10.7% 50
"Beauty will save the world." — Dosteovsky 7.2% 34
"I was created to create." — Unknown 1.7% 8
"Nature is the Art of God." — Dante Alighieri 7.2% 34
"Art is where work meets love." — Unknown 5.8% 27
"To be an artist is to believe in life." — Henry Moore 3.2% 15
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." — Stella Adler 5.3% 25
"Logic will get you from 'A' to 'B.' Imagination will take you everywhere." — Albert Einstein 7.0% 33
"Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein 15.4% 72
“Everything’s an opportunity.” — John Payne 22.0% 103
"Together they must bring forth life." — Wilma Dykeman, "The Tall Woman" 3.8% 18
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." — John Lennon 8.5% 40
"Good Vibes." 3.8% 18
"Still Sketchy." — Frommer's Travel Guide 4.9% 23
"...words of wisdom, let it be." — The Beatles 1.5% 7
"Cesspool of Sin." — Sen. James Forrester 9.2% 43
"Creativity Flows Here." — River Arts District Artists (RADA) tagline 24.5% 115
Scott Rayl outside City Boundary
June 23, 2019, 12:49 PM
  • Please select your three favorite quotes. The top quotes will be considered by the Public Art and Cultural Commission (PACC) Advisory and Selection Committee when they make their recommendation for final selection to PACC at their June 27 meeting.
    • "Creativity takes courage." — Henri Matisse (Descendant Alex Matisse of East Fork Pottery lives here.)
    • "Beauty will save the world." — Dosteovsky
    • "Creativity Flows Here." — River Arts District Artists (RADA) tagline
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