31 Drawings of March, week 2

Day 8

“People who change the world have declared independence from other people’s expectations.”

Drawn 3/8/2016


Day 9

“Once you label me, you negate me.”

Drawn 3/9/2015


Day 10

“Definitions belong to the definer, not the defined.”

Drawn 3/11/2014


Day 11

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”

Drawn 3/11/2013


Day 12

“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.”

Drawn 3/12/2001


Day 13

“Simplicity is less thoughts, not less thinking.”

Drawn 3/13/2014


Day 14

“Calamity is the great leveler.”

The napkin drawing is an interpretation of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ from 36 views of Mt. Fuji – woodblock print, 1831

Drawn 3/14/2011

31 Drawings of March

Day 1

“No human chooses evil because it is evil, they just mistake it for happiness.”

Drawn 3/1/2017


Day 2

“Only a fool tests the waters with both feet.”

Drawn 3/2/2011


Day 3

“A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.”

Drawn 3/3/2017


Day 4

“We run carelessly over the precipice after having put something in front of us to prevent us seeing it.”

Drawn 3/4/2011


Day 5

“Flatterers look like friends as wolves look like dogs.”

Drawn 3/5/2013


Day 6

“there is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.”

Drawn 3/5/2013


Day 7

“It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, then give up thinking what is charming.”

Drawn 3/4/2013


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28 Drawings of February

Day 22

“A discovery is an accident meeting a prepared mind.”

Drawn 2/13/2017


Day 23

“Even if our choices aren’t free, we aren’t free to not choose.”

Drawn 2/25/2010


Day 24

“Three letter words that Ignite Creativity: I can’t even draw a stick figure….YET.”

drawn 2/23/2016


Day 25

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”

drawn 2/15/2017


Day 26

“One reason a dog can be such comfort when you’re feeling blue is that they don’t try to find out why.”

Drawn 2/22/2011


Day 27

“The phrase ‘Working Mother’ is redundant.”

Drawn on a napkin 2/19/2014


Day 28

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”

Drawn 2/18/2014


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28 Drawings of February, week 3

Day 15

“Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your bra at night.”

Drawn 2/10/2014


Day 16

“If you are happy you are fulfilling the purpose of existence.”

Drawn 2/11/2015


Day 17

“Only mediocrity is safe from ridicule.”

Drawn 2/25/2013


Day 18

“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.”

Drawn 2/28/2013


Day 19

“There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.”

Drawn 2/16/2009


Day 20

“Humility doesn’t mean you think less of yourself; it means you think of yourself less.”

Drawn 2/29/2012


Day 21

“Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.”

Drawn 2/27/2012


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28 Drawings of February, Week 2

Day 8

“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist. Fear, doubt and hate have hamstrung more people than beasts ever have.”

Drawn 2/4/2016


Day 9


“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it.”

Drawn 2/4/2011


Day 10

“Respect is love in plain clothes.”

Drawn 2/5/2010


Day 11

“A negative mind will never lead to a positive life.”

Drawn 2/8/2016


Day 12

“The surest way to corrupt a young person is to teach them to esteem more highly those who think alike than those who think differently.” Nietzsche

If I taught my children one thing, I hope it is this.

Drawn 2/3/2003


Day 13

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”

Drawn 2/2/2012


Day 14

“Love is being stupid together.”

Happy Valentines Day!


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