Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Akiane Kramarik.
Last updated on December 7, 2024.
Akiane Kramarik is an American poet and painter. She began drawing at the age of four. Kramarik's best-known painting is Prince of Peace, which she completed at the age of eight.
So we led our lives in nature and spent a lot of time together as a family. That's how we picked things up and learned about life.
My family was very, very poor. We grew up in an environment that was so nurturing and so caring. Everything around us was beautiful.
My understanding of Heaven has expanded and deepened since my first encounter with visions and dreams of Heaven.
A vision is like an oasis in a desert. You can't have it all the time, as you need to keep on continuing your journey through the desert of life experiences, full of faith trials... I am not so concerned about waiting for a vision to appear because I know it will come to me when I least expect it... I still do have visions that inspire my work.
Then as I turned seven, I gradually moved onto pastels and started painting on large canvases that were much bigger than me.
I feel every painting is a challenging piece of a puzzle for me and others to solve. I feel both humble and exhilarated to see if completed.
None of my paintings I would say are religious.
For a true artist, life is a real academy. I am always both a student and a teacher. I have been teaching art to children since the age of eight. Now I am a co-founder of Akiane Arts School at Foreli Academy, where we are now enrolling students.
I was just so surprised at the impeccable images I had in my head that I just had to express them in some sort of physical matter.
I was so young but started having these visions and impressions of the world.
I don't belong to any religions, I really belong to God.
Love is so powerful. It will always show up on time to people who need it most.
Art is a hidden doorway that can change people's emotions.
An illusion can never go faster than the speed limit of reality.
We cannot complain to the possibility.
No supernatural can exist for the mankind that does not want to believe it.
To have a future we have to live and leave the present.
Hallucination is a raw climb to a dead end.
The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.
The art of life is loving and listening to one another.
I really love sharing my gift with others. At the same time, I'm just a normal kid having fun and that's what life is all about-having fun at the same time as helping people.
I am self-taught. In other words, God is my teacher.
Indifference is a quarantined difference.
The most important thing in this world is faith. Without faith you cannot communicate with God.
A message from a flower: "Do not pick me. I want to live".
I wish that people could love more.
Behind each door we shake is a reality.
With so many scientific achievements we know so little of where we came from and where we are going. But we know even less of the most important discovery of all – Love. Only love can accept our differences as we journey through life. And only love can allow space for our growth.
I believe everyone should have an opportunity to search for truth their own way. Humility, peace, child-like enthusiasm, acceptance, and sincerity is the true infinity engine!
I define spirituality as a search for love, beauty, happiness and wisdom. Spirituality is a journey that we never finish.
Infinity imagines curiosity from the wild abyss - Only the child makes a swing-set view of the worlds upside down. Unwatched truth is the enchantment of childhood.And we never grow out of it.
We chase gravity of the micro world, but after leaving its world we try to perfect the laws here that do not exist there.
I always knew I was a dust. But I never knew I was also a universe.
I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others.
If we experienced life through the eyes of a child, everything would be magical and extraordinary. Let our curiosity, adventure and wonder of life never end.
Miracle is a misunderstood reality.
Portals of divinity are everywhere. I believe that children may enter these divine portals easier, because they are seeking for answers in the purest way.
The pride never leads, never submits, and never leaves.
During a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise.
No matter what happens around us, or to us, through love, our soul reaches immortality, conquering all dimensions and all destinies.
Many imitate limits, not unlimited potentials.
When we feel sad, all we need to do is to count our blessings, no matter how few we notice, so we can feel grateful for what we have been given. Sadness soon disappears and, in return, we get inspired to bless others.
Everyone has a watched life. Everyone is both the observer and the observed.
So much time is spent on belief. So little time is spent on love!
Secret to time is beyond our reason.
I broke down all conclusions into illusions and confusions.
There's so much negativity in the media.
We are all ONE, no matter in what form, space or time. As ONE we can change the world if we start changing ourselves.
Past is deaf. Future is mute. Present is blind.
Everybody needs time to reflect and contemplate, and the most inspirational and peaceful place to do so is in nature.
Just as you commit to this life when it commits to leaving you.
We cannot teach a flower how to grow, we can only learn from it.
Those that expose themselves as knowing the truth, lose the battle of innocence and humility and eventually pull a trigger at the universe. Wisdom chooses the unknown to be its reason.
In order to choose the right path, we do not have to figure out the wrong one... we just need to follow the light.
I pray and wait for an answer in pictures, words or ideas.
I don't belong to any denomination or religion, I just belong to God.
Life is precious. We should not take anything for granted. Living every moment as if it was our first and last is a genuine life of gratitude, acceptance and wisdom.
Beauty and inspiration can be found in any natural place of the earth.
I do not condemn any personal choices for intimate relationships. Love is love. I detest only the violence and trauma that any self-centered conduct can cause to others.
Joy is what we all seek. It is an energy more powerful than food. But without love we can not feel true joy.