Without the fruit of the Spirit called patience, the landscape never gets painted and the poem remains locked in unarticulated thoughts. Losing patience nips creativity in the bud, preventing it from unfolding. ~ Karla M. Kincannon, Creativity and Divine Surprise

Joyce Kilmer, John Paul II, and the artistic vocation

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/06/15/joyce-kilmer-john-paul-ii-and-the-artistic-vocation/

“The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.” ― Emily Dickinson

“When freedom to be creative becomes the freedom to create oneself, then necessarily the Maker himself is denied and ultimately man too is stripped of his dignity as a creature of God” ~ Pope Benedict XVI

"It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the best paintings." ~ Saint Andre Bessette