There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream. Laurence Overmire More Quotes by Laurence Overmire More Quotes From Laurence Overmire We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world. Laurence Overmire generations real opportunity Art is always, even at its most repulsive, an impassioned cry of love. Laurence Overmire art-is cry art Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile. Laurence Overmire worthwhile done thinking Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard. Laurence Overmire dead-people easy people From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch. Laurence Overmire torches light darkness God made in the image of Man is an imperfect master. Laurence Overmire power fear men Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous. Laurence Overmire dangerous hatred world Life is a poem most people never read. Laurence Overmire reading life-is people Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity. Laurence Overmire humanity children world Anyone who doesn't love animals has a serious hole in the heart. Laurence Overmire serious heart animal The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway. Laurence Overmire generosity future kindness Love is the great truth we all know in our hearts and must eventually recognize. Laurence Overmire soul heart love-is There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications. Laurence Overmire refuse mind life Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time-to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind? Laurence Overmire responsibility dream giving Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters. Laurence Overmire real matter world There are some who dream their lives away, but end up doing nothing, and others who do their lives away, and end up never dreaming. Laurence Overmire doing-nothing ends dream Orwell couldn't see that Big Brother would not be The State, but The Corporation. Laurence Overmire corporations states brother
