Jill Badonsky > Quotes

“Here's to the moments when you realize the simple things are wonderful and enough.”
― Jill Badonsky, The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder

“We must be willing to fall flat on our faces. Fearlessly putting ourselves out there is simply a required part of the process. At the very least, it results in the gift of humility and, at best, the triumph of our human spirit.”
― Jill Badonsky

“Often the Muse will not respond to direct and logical requests. She must be lured in with the playful and gentle.”
― Jill Badonsky, The Nine Modern Day Muses: 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence

“Breathing is a lot like creativity. Like an inhale, you receive an inspiration, you let it run through the unique magnificence of who you are, and then you release it into the world, letting it go, unattached to the way it needs to look.”
― Jill Badonsky

“Relax your expectations, in fact, purposely lower them so low that you feel excitedly naughty about showing up to perform your work with reckless abandon. If that’s hard, open to doing it that way just 5%. Deliberately perform below your skill-level to get started and to see what ideas fall out of a relaxed approach.
And in that choice you will create an world of joy within yourself, you’ll truly be an artist of being alive.”
― Jill Badonsky, The Muse Is In: An Owner’s Manual to Your Creativity

“Take the next little step-the smaller you make it, the more likely you'll take it..”
― Jill Badonsky

“But when I accept the call of creative passion, I am a bold stroke of vermilion, a renegade hyperbole, or the wild fury of jazz violin. The world is a canvas to explore, a blank page to fill, and an arpeggio of waiting experiences. This moving masterpiece called “life” becomes intoxicating when it’s lived as if it were art.”
― Jill Badonsky

“Procrastination is a form of punishment”
― Jill Badonsky

“If you stay open to the wisdom of your Muse, you may discover you’re a playwright, a sculptor, a kitchen-table comedian, a beacon of creative kindness, or a person who chooses grace over ego and contentment over greed.
And in that choice you will create an world of joy within yourself, you’ll truly be an artist of being alive.”
― Jill Badonsky, The Muse Is In: An Owner’s Manual to Your Creativity