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Burning Quotes - Page 10

When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one!

When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one!

"Cézanne". Book by Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, p. 74., 1984.

You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world can you inspire and encourage others to share it?

James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (1999). “Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others”, p.149, John Wiley & Sons

Sometimes it's a short step from banning to burning.

Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 10, 2001.

Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges.

Harvey Mackay (2007). “Fired Up!: How the Best of the Best Survived and Thrived After Getting the Boot”, p.311, Ballantine Books

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves.

Geraldine Brooks (2008). “People of the Book: A Novel”, p.373, Penguin

God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen.

Edmond Jabès (1993). “The Book of Margins”, p.38, University of Chicago Press