The Wonderfully Weird Woman's Manual Quotes

“Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man’s emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.“ — Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?”
― Esther de Charon de Saint Germain, The Wonderfully Weird Woman's Manual: How to Thrive & Bloom when you're Fiercely Bright, Feel too Much and Have Way too Many Passions.

“might be a tad eccentric to some people. That’s okay. They have no idea how wonderful it is to be me. My mind is always open. I’m always curious. When I listen to music, I become the notes. I AM the music. There’s no border between what I hear and feel. When I see how blue and pink paint mix I’m in a different universe. I see the beauty of a discarded red shoe. I create a life story when I see that man with hanging shoulders in the subway. They have no idea how amazing it is to look at a painting and feel waves of deep healing power move through my body. It’s like my soul can breathe… ” “Right. There it is. That happy smile on your face! That’s what I mean.”
― Esther de Charon de Saint Germain, The Wonderfully Weird Woman's Manual: How to Thrive & Bloom when you're Fiercely Bright, Feel too Much and Have Way too Many Passions.

“ART UNITES WORDS, SOUNDS, FEELINGS, IDEAS, EMOTIONS, KNOWLEDGE, THE INEXPLICABLE, COMPASSION, INBALANCE, EQUANIMITY, SORROW, ANGER, LOVE, THE MAGIC, AHA MOMENTS, FEAR, INSANITY, KINDNESS, SILENCE… EVERYTHING EXIST WITHIN ART.   Whether you regard yourself an artist or not creative at all. Art and creativity is your guide to wholehearted self-acceptance. We’re not talking complicated High Brow Art, those mesmerizing gorgeous art journals, breathtakingly beautiful photographs or fabrics that will rock your world.”
― Esther de Charon de Saint Germain, The Wonderfully Weird Woman's Manual: How to Thrive & Bloom when you're Fiercely Bright, Feel too Much and Have Way too Many Passions.