Quote of the Day

A pochoir of Henri Matisse's "Polynesia"

“Sometimes, people have difficulty understanding my decision-making process because it’s all very intuitive. Oh, I use my head—I definitely use my head—but sometimes too much thought paralyzes me and I find that I can rely on my gut and on the “intuitive spark” more when push comes to shove. So I follow my gut (and the inner voice). And people think it’s impulsive or spontaneous or crazy… But what they don’t see is that the spontaneity was borne of a lot of thought, a lot of discernment, a lot of questioning…”

~ Niña Terol in “Why I’m Great,” an essay written for Tapping the Creative Universe by Jim Paredes

~ by ninaterol on August 7, 2008.