First place Quote by Nicholas Sparks

“It was clear that the old man used it for a workshop. What he worked on wasn’t at all clear.”

— Bobby Adair

“We all need a project. Whether we're 12 or 84, we need something to work on. My grandfather had his paintings. They were god-awful,…

— Skylar Cross

“I take my hands off the break and let go. The trees and the fences mess together and the concrete could be the sky…

— Cath Crowley

“I walk through the glass doors and into the lobby, which is floor-to-ceiling glass and steel. This fascinates me to no end, because buildings…

— Fanny Merkin

“I had worked my way through a thousand problems, like when the tar paper bulged on the corners so I used a strap wrapped…

— Dee Williams

“He had built his own future brick by brick around himself but there were no doors or windows, at least that was the way…

— Dan Chaon

“Windows were broken. Where not broken they were boarded up, had been for years: the rust from nailheads had written long, sad farewells down…

— Joseph Hansen

“Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can on it.”

— Danny Kaye

“It would be hard to believe that a man had invented walls when most of them couldn’t even be bothered to close the bathroom…

— Jenny Lawson

“I didn’t tell him that I grew up in an ugly city that taught me how to look between dust and rubbish and potholes…

— Kamila Shamsie

“Life is a great big canvas,and you should throw all paint you can on it............”

— Danny Kaye

“There was a new simplicity to what I did, a door that had opened before me to worlds I had not imagined. From where…

— Michael Johnston