Jan Phillips > Quotes

“To be an artist it is not necessary to make a living from our creations. Nor is it necessary to have work hanging in fine museums or the praise of critics. To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open, to breath in the colors of mountain and sky, to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. To be an artist is to notice every beautiful and tragic thing, to cry freely, to collect experience and shape it into forms that others can share.”
― Jan Phillips

“There's someone out there who needs you. You must live your life so that person can find you.”
― Jan Phillips

“Find what brings you joy and go there.”
― Jan Phillips

“change, the Presence I am steeped in never alters, the Ground of my Being never moves.”
― Jan Phillips, No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity

“There are a lot of things we don’t have in life, but time is not one of them. Time is all we have. One lifetime under this name, to produce a body of work that says, “This is how I saw the world.” Your work is worthy of whatever time it takes.”
― Jan Phillips, Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity

“There are a lot of things we don't have in life, but time is not one of them. Time is all we have; one lifetime, under this name, to produce a body of work that says, "This is how I saw the world." Your work is worthy of whatever time it takes.”
― Jan Phillips, Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity

“I have stretched in my spiritual practice to think and pray not only as a Christian, but as a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Native American, an atheist, a post-theist. I try on different hats as I light my candle, and while my thoughts might change or my prayers”
― Jan Phillips, No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity