"I Am" Project
Quotes used in original art book...
(in picture order top to bottom, left to right)
Textbook description of Bipolar Disorder from DSM 5
“Everyday I fight a war against the mirror. I can't take the person staring back at me… Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe somethin? A day in the life of someone else? Cuz I'm a hazard to myself. Don't let me get me I'm my own worst enemy…”
- Pink, Don’t Let Me Get Me
- Pink, Don’t Let Me Get Me
“You won't be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger”
- Buddha
- Buddha
“You'll forget it when you're dead, and so will I. When I'm dead, I'm going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
“Self preservation is the first law of nature”
- Samuel Butler
- Samuel Butler
“When a man can not choose, he ceases to be a man”
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
“To each its own fear”
- Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
- Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
“All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.”
- Alan Moore, Watchmen
- Alan Moore, Watchmen
“I regret it takes a life to learn how to live”
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“Life is like photography, we develop from the negatives”
- Unknown
- Unknown
“Know thyself, know thy enemies. A thousand battles, a thousand victories”
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
“Pay attention to someone’s favorite song, it could tell you a lot about them, sometimes more than they might tell you”
- Unknown
- Unknown
(Note: My favorite song is "Adam's Song" by Blink 182)\
“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”
- Ansel Adams
- Ansel Adams
“But this one was a writer, not a reader”
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
“If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough”
- Robert Capa
- Robert Capa
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
“The world is my idea; as such I present it to you. I have my own set of weights and measurements…you are privileged to have yours”
- Charles Gradison, The Circus of Dr. Lao
- Charles Gradison, The Circus of Dr. Lao
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . .”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“I am a conversation…I am made of love and it's stronger than you”
- Garnet, Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar
- Garnet, Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar
“And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet”
- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
“The Flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all”
- Emperor in Disney's Mulan
- Emperor in Disney's Mulan
“Haven’t you noticed that I’m a star? I’m coming into view as the world is turning. Haven’t you noticed I made it this far? Now everyone can see me burning”
- Sadie in Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar
- Sadie in Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face”
- Helen Keller
- Helen Keller
