“No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.”
Edgar Degas
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection”
Thomas Paine
“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.”
Barbara De Angelis
“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous”
Confucius
“Democracy is the art of thinking independently together”
Alexander Meiklejohn
“A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.”
W. H. Auden
“Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
