Anonymous - Inner City Arts

DIAMOND
The most important
thing in life is to learn
how to give out love,
and to let it come in.
– Morrie Schwartz
Ray & Anna Romano
P L AT I N U M
A good heart is
better than all the
heads in the world.
– Edward George Earl
Bulwer-Lytton
Adam & Karen Berkowitz
The important
P L AT I N U M
thing is not to
stop questioning.
Curiosity has its
own reason for
existing.
– Albert Einstein
James L. Brooks
P L AT I N U M
I don’t believe
in art.
I believe
in artists.
– Marcel Duchamp
Creative Artist Agency
Hope is like a road
P L AT I N U M
in the country;
there was never a
road, but when
many people walk
on it, the road comes
into existence.
– Lin Yutang
Felker Toczek Gellman
Suddleson LLP
The visions we offer our
P L AT I N U M
children shape the future.
It matters what those
visions are.
Often they become selffulfilling prophecies.
Dreams are maps.
– Carl Sagan
HBO
P L AT I N U M
Children will not remember
you for the material things
you provided but for the
feeling that you cherished
them.
– Richard L. Evans
Lisa Kudrow &
Michel Stern
Everyone wants to
P L AT I N U M
live on top of the
mountain, but all
the happiness and
growth occurs while
you’re climbing it.
– Anonymous
Norman & Lyn Lear
P L AT I N U M
And the trouble is,
if you don’t risk anything,
you risk even more.
– Erica Jong
Lynda & Jim Matteson
P L AT I N U M
Art is everywhere,
except it has to
pass through a
creative mind.
– Louise Nevelson
Scott Mauro
Entertainment, Inc.
P L AT I N U M
No bird soars
too high if
he soars with
his own wings.
– William Blake
Katie McGrath
& J.J. Abrams
P L AT I N U M
I believe
that every person
is born
with talent.
– Maya Angelou
Kate Capshaw
& Steven Spielberg
Why not go out
GOLD
on a limb?
Isn’t that where
the fruit is?
– Frank Scully
AEG
GOLD
Speak ill of no man,
but speak all the good
you know of everybody.
– Benjamin Franklin
Marion & Craig Benell
Logic will get you
GOLD
from A to B,
imagination will
take you everywhere.
– Albert Einstein
Alan Berro
No pessimist ever
discovered the secret
GOLD
of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land,
or opened a new heaven
to the human spirit.
– Helen Keller
Vera R. Campbell
GOLD
Vision is the art
of seeing things
invisible.
– Jonathan Swift
ColorGraphics
Keep your face
GOLD
to the sunshine
and you cannot
see the shadow.
– Helen Keller
The Siruphe and John Conte
Foundation & The Stephen
Philibosian Foundation
Pain is temporary.
It may last a minute,
or an hour, or a day, or a
GOLD
year, but eventually it
will subside and something
else will take its place.
If I quit, however,
it lasts forever.
– Lance Armstrong
Crowe Horwath LLP
There are painters who
transform the sun into a
GOLD
yellow spot, but there are
others who with the help of
their art and intelligence
transform a yellow spot
into the sun.
– Pablo Picasso
The Lee Graff Foundation
GOLD
If I could say it in
words, there would be
no reason to paint.
– Edward Hopper
Linda & Eric Schotz
Your imagination,
GOLD
my dear fellow,
is worth more
than you imagine.
– Louis Aragon
The Schreter Family
Doing the best
GOLD
at this moment
puts you in
the best place for
the next moment.
– Oprah Winfrey
U.S. Bank
It is difficult to say
S I LV E R
what is impossible,
for the dream of
yesterday is the hope
of today and the
reality of tomorrow.
– Robert Hutchings Goddard
Bunni & Rick Benaron
S I LV E R
If you can find a
path with no obstacles,
it probably doesn’t lead
anywhere.
– Frank A. Clark
JP Morgan Chase
- Commercial Term Lending
From the sounds
of the first lullaby to
S I LV E R
the sight of the last
sunset, the arts of
life bless us beyond
human measure.
– Fred Rogers,
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Rick & Jennifer Madden
Be yourself.
Above all, let who
S I LV E R
you are, what you are,
what you believe,
shine through every
sentence you write,
every piece you finish.
– John Jakes
Seventh Street
Development, Inc.
S I LV E R
Dreaming
gives us a goal.
Effort allows us
to reach it.
– William N. “Bill” Hodges
Cindy & Bob Shearin
S I LV E R
Ah, music.
A magic beyond
all we do here!
– J.K. Rowling
The Streisand Foundation
BRONZE
It is easier to
build strong children,
than to repair
broken men.
– Frederick Douglass
Greg & CeCe Brown
BRONZE
Even if you are a
minority of one,
the truth is the truth.
– Mohandas Gandhi
Buchalter Nemer
BRONZE
Of the truly creative
no one is ever master;
it must be left to go
on its own way.
– Wolfgang von Goethe
California United Bank
Nobody cares if you
can’t dance well.
BRONZE
Just get up and dance.
Great dancers are not
great because of
their technique,
they are great
because of their passion.
– Martha Graham
Capital Business Credit LLC
We are all cups,
BRONZE
constantly and
quietly being filled.
The trick is, knowing
how to tip ourselves
over and let the
beautiful stand out.
– Ray Bradbury
Dan Castellaneta &
Deb Lacusta
I laugh, I love, I hope,
BRONZE
I try, I hurt, I need,
I fear, I cry. And I know
you do the same things too.
So we're really not that
different, me and you.
– Colin Raye
Patricia Heaton & David Hunt
BRONZE
Dream as if you'll
live forever,
live as if you'll
die today.
– James Dean
Jasmine Fashion
BRONZE
Children are one third
of our population
and all of our future.
– Anonymous
Meg & Lawrence Kasdan
BRONZE
Faith
will move
mountains.
– Anonymous
KWDZ Manufacturing
- Vera R. Campbell
BRONZE
Trust that little voice
in your head that says,
‘wouldn’t it be
interesting if…’
and then do it.
– Duane Michals
The Sherry Lansing
Foundation
Grown-ups never
BRONZE
understand anything
by themselves, and it
is tiresome for children to
be always and forever
explaining things to them.
– The Little Prince
Michael Maltzan Architecture
Yesterday is history.
BRONZE
Tomorrow is a mystery.
And today?
Today is a gift.
That’s why we call it
the present.
– Babatunde Olatunji
Matrix International
Textiles, Inc.
BRONZE
The grand essentials of
happiness are:
Something to do,
something to love, and
something to hope for.
– Allan K. Chalmers
Alex Meneses
and John Simpson
BRONZE
Nothing ever changes
without change.
– Rocky Ramsey
Self Esteem
Clothing Company
BRONZE
Every child is at risk
of excellence.
– Andre Agassi
George Shapiro
BRONZE
The greatest barrier
to success is the fear
of failure.
– Sven Goran Erikkson
Cathy & Fred Silverman
BRONZE
Fortune
favors the bold.
– Anonymous
Tempted Apparel
BRONZE
Truly wonderful,
the mind of a child is.
– Yoda,
Star Wars Episode II
Trader Joe’s
BRONZE
Do you want to know
who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate
and define you.
– Thomas Jefferson
Wachovia,
a Wells Fargo Company
BRONZE
Knowledge speaks,
but wisdom listens.
– Jimi Hendrix
Wells Fargo Foundation
A good garden must be
BRONZE
a piece of art. The basic
principles of contrast,
texture, dimension,
and proportion are very
important to understand.
But there must be an idea!
– Roberto Burle Marx
Mary & Fred Willard
BRONZE
One picture is worth
a thousand words.
– Chinese proverb
Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks
BRONZE
Ultimately success or
failure in photographing
people depends on the
photographer’s ability to
understand his fellow man.
– Edward Weston
Howard & Marcie Zelikow
ONYX
I've often said, ' the only
thing standing between
me and greatness is me.’
– Woody Allen
American Business Bank
Cherish your visions and
ONYX
your dreams as they are
the children of your soul;
the blueprints of your
ultimate achievements.
– Napoleon Hill
Apparel Way
ONYX
Rules and models
destroy genius
and art.
– William Hazlitt
Bee Darlin Inc. &
Geoffrey Anenberg
I always wondered
ONYX
why somebody doesn't do
something about that.
Then I realized I was
somebody.
– Lily Tomlin
Loraine, Lucy & Amy Boyle
ONYX
The critic has to educate
the public; the artist has
to educate the critic.
– Oscar Wilde
Cohn Handler
ONYX
Take the time
to smell the flowers.
– Anonymous
Cooper Family Foundation
ONYX
Each moment is a place
you’ve never been.
– Mark Strand
James Frost & William Yi
ONYX
The creative mind
plays with the
objects it loves.
– Carl Gustav Jung
The Garlins – Marla, Jeff,
James & Duke
We call a child's mind
"small" simply by habit;
ONYX
perhaps it is larger than
ours is, for it can take
in almost anything
without effort.
– Christopher Morley
Bobbie & Bob Greenfield
You are not beautiful
ONYX
on the outside
until you are beautiful
on the inside.
– Anonymous
Patti and Irwin Jaeger
ONYX
The investigation of the
meaning of words is the
beginning of education.
– Antisthenes
Kody Brand Inc.
The future belongs
ONYX
to those who believe
in the beauty of
their dreams.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Lisa & Josh Hofheimer
Art is a staple of
mankind…so urgent,
ONYX
so utterly linked with the
pulse of feeling that it
becomes the singular sign
of life when every other
aspect of civilization fails.
– Jamake Highwater
L2G Trim
ONYX
I think,
therefore I am.
– Le Discours de la Methode
(1637)
Milken Family Foundation
ONYX
What art offers is space
– a certain breathing
room for the spirit.
– John Updike
James Peterson Foundation
Helped are those who
create anything at all, for
they shall relive the thrill
ONYX
of their own conception
and realize a partnership
in the creation of the
Universe that keeps them
responsible and cheerful.
– Alice Walker
Paula and Paul Reiser
& Family
ONYX
Trust your ability!
– Itzhak Perlman
Richard, Tess & Jack Rosenthal
and Karen Sonet-Rosenthal
There is nothing
ONYX
in a caterpillar
that tells you
it’s going to be
a butterfly.
– Buckminster Fuller
Royces, Schneiders,
Shures & Lassallys
We have no right to ask
when a sorrow comes,
ONYX
'Why did this happen to
me?' unless we ask the
same question for every
joy that comes our way.
– Anonymous
Julie & Mike Scully
Action is the beginning
ONYX
of accomplishment.
Without it, you have
only wasted dreams
and good intentions.
– Chris Widener
Shuster Financial Group
and Manufacturers Bank
A teacher’s purpose is not
ONYX
to create students in his
own image, but to develop
students who can create
their own image.
– Anonymous
Matt Weiner & Linda Brettler
Life is a blank page.
ONYX
Each person holds
their pen and writes
their own story.
– Natasha Beddingfield
Arthur & Hilda Wenig
Charitable Foundation
PEARL
If you’re never scared
or embarrassed or hurt,
it means you never
take any chances.
– Julia Sorel
American Apparel
So many of our dreams
PEARL
at first seem impossible,
then they seem improbable,
and then, when we
summon the will, they
soon become inevitable.
– Christopher Reeve
Amy Aquino
& Drew McCoy
PEARL
Life itself is the most
wonderful fairy tale.
– Hans Christian Anderson
Carole Blacke
PEARL
All children are artists.
The problem is how to
remain an artist once
he grows up.
– Pablo Picasso
Mark Borman &
Karen Hermelin
PEARL
Be a first-rate
version of yourself,
not a second-rate version
of somebody else.
– Judy Garland
Janet, Bob, Emma,
Owen Daily
PEARL
A child’s life is like
a piece of paper on
which every person
leaves a mark.
– Chinese proverb
Don Foster & Erin Quigley
PEARL
Imagination
is the highest kite
one can fly.
– Lauren Bacall
Brad Garrett
PEARL
What does not destroy me,
makes me stronger.
– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Stan Golden, DDS
PEARL
Life seems to go on
without effort, when
I am filled with music.
– George Eliot
Eddie & Coco Gorodetsky
PEARL
Imagination gallops;
judgment merely walks.
– Anonymous
Howard Klien
PEARL
Pretty much all the
honest truth telling
there is in the world
is done by children.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Laura Marks &
Dan Patterson
Limitations live only
PEARL
in our minds. But if we
use our imaginations,
our possibilities become
limitless.
– Jamie Paolinetti
Carl Reiner
Individuality realized is
PEARL
the supreme attainment
of the human soul,
the master-master's
work of art.
ndividuality is sacred.
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Helen & Max Rosenthal
PEARL
Tell me and I'll forget;
show me and I may
remember; involve me
and I'll understand.
– Chinese Proverb
Margery Tabankin &
Rachel Levin