In 2009 Backstage invited Suzana to write personal essays from her life as an artist. Check them out:
And Enjoy these inspiring quotes:
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. - James Allen
The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
- Deepak Chopra
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. - Franz Kafka
There will be only one of you for all time;
fearlessly be yourself.
- Unknown
Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, “Well, you have three strikes against you: “You’re black, you’re blind and you’re poor”, But God said to me, “I will make you rich in the spirit of inspiration, to inspire others as well as create music to encourage the world to a place of oneness and hope, and positivity,” I believed Him and not them.
~Stevie Wonder
The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
– Nadia Comaneci, Gymnast
The people who get on in this world are the ones who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can’t find them, make them.
– George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
Life is a daring adventure, or nothing at all.
- Helen Keller
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do. -Epictetus
All the people we call ‘geniuses’ are men and women who somehow escaped having to put that curious, wondering child in themselves to sleep. - Barbara Sher
Within you is one of the most beautiful oases you will ever find; it is absolute love.
Seek the oasis within your heart, mind and soul. Start your journey by loving yourself each day. Fill your chalice with love from your oasis within so when you meet others who are thirsty on the road of life, you have something to share.
~Ron Rathbun
Individuality is freedom lived.
-John Dos Passos
He who carves himself to suit everyone whittles himself away. - Anonymous
Don't ask yourself what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive.
Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. - Richard Bach
Your life is like a pebble dropped into a pool of water, creating ripples endlessly.
You do not know the end of a word, a thought, an action.
~White Eagle
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. - Kahlil Gibran
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
- Buddha
We will not know unless we begin. - Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid.
Doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
- Joseph Campbell
Fortune favors the bold. - Latin Proverb
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
~ Carl Jung (1875-1961)