Gloria Estefan Quotes

Tapping into the essence of originating Spirit, emulating the attributes of the creative force of intention, and manifesting into your life anything that you desire that's consistent with the universal mind.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.

I'm not a big equipment guy; I think that people are a little bit shocked by that. I really don't care about gear in general. I care about people and their intentions to make music - it doesn't matter what equipment you have.

Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

I want my fans to understand that what you put into the universe is what you get back.

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

I feel like what I owe my audience is what I'm most passionate about.

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth.

I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to, you know, stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive.

No one sets out to make a bad movie or disappoint anybody.

I always believe that if you put it out there in the universe and you believe in it, you will stuff to happen.

Music is as vast as the sky, the oceans, the universe.

The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity.

The most important factors for any artist, is the honesty towards one's craft, hard work and passion that guides them.

I believe in manifesting the words that are coming out of my mouth. I'm very careful with what I say because the intention is then out in the universe.

Prayer is a form of meditation, isn't it? It's laws of attraction: whatever you put out into the universe is what it receives. It's just kind of putting your thoughts out into the universe.

When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.

I always talk about if you want to be an artist, you have to be authentic because people can tell bullshit a mile away. There is nothing wrong with creating a character, standing behind that character, and that being an authentic performance piece, because that's a piece of art as well. But if you want to be an artist in any form, you have to know to come with it.

Thought is creative. Be mindful of where your attention is, because the universe doesn't know the difference. It only knows where your focus is. Life will surely manifest where you put that attention.