Muse of the Day
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty. Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty. Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso, Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. Vladimir Nabokov
All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art. Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy
Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library. John Waters
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move. Ossie Davis
The beautiful is always bizarre. Charles Baudelaire
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. James Baldwin
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Banksy
A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. Jorge Luis Borges, Twenty-Four Conversations with Borges: Interviews by Roberto Alifano 1981-1983