Explore the Connections

"A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition." - Juan Ramon Jiminez

"Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit . . . People wish to be settled; only so far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds." - Robert Green Ingersoll

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset." - Crowfoot

"Asymmetry and irregularity allow the possibility of growth,

 but perfection chokes the imagination." - Donald Keene"

"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." - Salvador Dali

"When weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of the blanket to let the should out." - Martha Graham

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." 
- Leonardo da Vinci

"It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts." 

- K.T.Jong

Explore the connections to develop the fun beyond frustration. 



*Views from the sculpture garden on the University of Oregon campus.