Alexander Calder Quotes

Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

Happiness is not something you achieve. It's not something you do or someplace you get to. Happiness is something you inhabit.

A good sign for me, that I'm a good spot mentally, is when I'm super prolific. And I just wake up every day excited to make or replicate music in some way. That's really nice.

Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun.

Happiness is the precursor to success.

What you must do, do cheerfully.

You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to.

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy

Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty.

So I never spend a lot of time analyzing why people respond to my work. But I think that it's just the joy, a passion for life, that I think has always been in my characters. Beyond that, I'm just grateful for it.

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.

You can think best when you're happiest.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

It sounds cheesy, but if you are having fun, people will love your company, you will be more successful, and more ideas will come your way.

Like what you do, and then you will do your best.