Martin Knox

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Presence

by Amy Cuddy (Goodreads Author)

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Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art

by Stephen Nachmanovitch (Goodreads Author)

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The New York Times. 36 Hours. Latin America & The Caribbean

by Barbara Ireland

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Martin’s Quotes

“It taught me that if you’re in conversation with the self, you can be in conversation with the world.”
― Suleika Jaouad, The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life

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“Look the world in the face as if you owned it.. You own as much of it as anyone.”
― Alasdair Gray, Lanark

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“If you censor yourself because you don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings, I could live with that. But when you censor yourself because you don’t want to jeopardize a job or a career, well, there goes the human experience. How are you going to make real friends if you’re faking it?”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

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“I don’t do anything about a lot of things I should do something about.”
― Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

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“A key component of voice is consistency. Consistency is basically another way of saying that you repeat elements within and among your works: similar subject matter, the same media, and elements of style like color, pattern, lines, and markings.”
― Lisa Congdon, Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic

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