Great sayings for beaders? Need help!

Michelle Mach wrote

on Jun 9, 2009 11:40 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm working on an upcoming free project for Beading Daily on how to add text (words, sayings) to beads.  I am looking for a good, short (maybe 10-12 words max) quote on creativity, imagination, art, or anything that a beader/jewelry maker might like.  I keep finding looooong quotes that I like, nothing short.

If I use your quote on my sample bead, I'm happy to mail it to you to keep!  But only if you want . . . I won't force anyone to take a free bead.

Please post your ideas here--I'll come back and check before the weekend.  (I must make my sample beads this weekend!)

Thanks!

MelindaB@14 wrote

on Jun 9, 2009 11:57 AM

Hi Michelle ~

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but what about "Beads help focus my creativity!"... and I will admit that this is very true for me & only 5 words so maybe its too short

CharleneS@9 wrote

on Jun 9, 2009 1:09 PM

I'm not sure what you are needing. But I have pages of quotes that I find and save. Here are a few of the shorter ones.:

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
Confucius

"Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress."

Liz Smith

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug Larson

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle" -- Abraham Lincoln

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.  ~e.e. cummings

Buckminster Fuller:

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Erich Fromm:

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Martin Luther King Jr.:

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Rita Mae Brown:

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Anne Lamott:

Joy is the best makeup.

Henry Miller:

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

John Keats:

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Kahlil Gibran:

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Albert Einstein

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

Stephen Nachmanovitch

Sheila H wrote

on Jun 10, 2009 6:33 PM

 There were two that come to mind as I see/use them a ton here:

Beadaholic

Bead addict

A play on those words.

SCB1 wrote

on Jun 11, 2009 6:14 AM

While growing up  my mother used a couple all the time.

1: believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see.

2: anything worth doing is worth doing right.

CrystalCubeBead. wrote

on Jun 11, 2009 9:00 AM

beADdict

wrote

on Jun 11, 2009 9:23 AM

Right on Stan!

Ok, there's the obvious:  "I'd rather be beading" or "Swarovski (lampwork, dichro, etc) is a beader's best friend"

My personal favorite quote which is a bit long:  "I don't need to win, you don't have to lose.  We can choose: happiness is an option." -Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys

Michelle Mach wrote

on Jun 12, 2009 12:24 PM

 These are all great.  Thanks for the help! 

wrote

on Jun 13, 2009 1:15 AM

Have fun with your project!  Can't wait to see what you do.

Pam wrote

on Jun 20, 2009 10:38 PM

 'Just a couple of beady ones:

May the beads be with you"

"May your thread never tangle"

"May the pattern run true"

DonnaA@32 wrote

on Jun 26, 2009 2:57 PM

 I love this quote        "Imagination is more important than Knowledge..."    by albert einstein

the whole quote is:   

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

TAYLOR@5 wrote

on Jun 28, 2009 7:19 AM

BEAD like there is no Tomorrow.

Tomorrow there may be no BEADS !

HollyKints wrote

on Jun 29, 2009 7:08 AM

 If you are still looking for quotes:

Let a smile be your umbrella.

Play as though your were a kitten.

Holly

Aiyleta wrote

on Jul 2, 2009 6:23 PM

I don't really have any quotes I can think of off the top of my head, but...

Holly, you'll want to remove your address and email from your post! (security, and whatnot) I don't want to step on any moderator's toes, I just think it's important. :x

Pa. Nancy wrote

on Jul 5, 2009 10:03 AM

Imagine