It is the striving after perfection that makes one an artist. It is the sense that one is imperfect, unfulfilled, unfinished. One attempts by a superhuman effort to fill the gap, to leap over it, to finish it in another medium. And one creates a third and separate thing: 'Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. But he discovered America.
Anne Morrow LindberghWhat a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices itโlike a secret vice!
Anne Morrow Lindberghthe final lesson of learning to be independent - widowhood ... is the hardest lesson of all.
Anne Morrow LindberghIdeally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds.
Anne Morrow LindberghEverything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh