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Ideas Inspire Change, Turquoise Stained-Glass Quote

A square image with a large turquoise oval in the center holding a quotation in brown script lettering: "Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change." and attributed to Barbara Januszkiewicz. Around it, mirrored groups of rounded aqua, blue-gray and brown ovals outlined in dark lines form a symmetrical, stained-glass-like frame over a brushy blue and teal background.

Someone wants this because it works as two things at once: a turquoise stained-glass-style abstract and a quote they can read from across the room. Mirrored ovals and curling scrollwork frame a central oval holding the words "Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change." Most quote art is plain type on a flat ground. Here the words sit inside a fully built ornamental design in aqua, blue and brown, so the piece reads as decoration first and message second. The colour is the first hook, and the quote gives a reason to keep looking.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski