“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

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German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900

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“I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. I tell you: you have still chaos in you.”

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Variant: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.”

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“You invite things to happen. You open the door. You inhale. And if you inhale the chaos, you give the chaos, the chaos gives back.”

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“You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the the hour of the new clarity.”

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And I danced in the moon
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And I came down from heaven
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“Without chaos there would be no creation, no structure and no existence. After all, order is merely the repetition of patterns; chaos is the process that establishes those patterns. Without this creative self-organizing force, the universe would be devoid of biological life, the birth of stars and galaxies—everything we have come to know.”

L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer

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“Painting must be fertile. It must give birth to a world.... it must fertilize the imagination.”

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“Part of what I wanted to do with Baby Love was to suggest that not only are you giving birth to a baby, but also you can use the experience to give birth to a new sense of yourself.”

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“Chaos is rejecting all you have learned. Chaos is being yourself.”

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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

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