It is often we come the closest to the essence of an artist... in his or her pocket notebooks and travel sketchbooks...… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
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I think one of the coolest things about the job is the level of trust we have for each other. The actors… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
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I learned that [Trotskyism] were no different from the Stalinists, and they expelled me, which is the typical Marxist-Leninist way of dealing… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
I always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
In terms of fiction, there are a number of writers who are thinking about the future of the environment whose work complements… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I realized that you have to deal with a lot of baggage when you write about your own era, that it's harder… — Christopher Castellani Copy Share Image
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The earth doesn’t care where death occurs. ...It’s the artist, by coming in and writing about it or painting it or taking… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
I hated the culture [working in the bank], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted… — Sharif Abdel Kouddous Copy Share Image
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Some people don't have a way of that catharsis and I do, so I'm lucky in that sense that people listen to… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I met him. Him; him who in the midst of my terrible sorrow, fell in love with my madness. Him who was… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Art and writing come from somewhere down around the lizard brain. It's a much more peculiar activity than we like to think… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
Everyone seems to see bleakness and despair in my books. I don't read them that way. I see myself as writing comic… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
When we hold onto the negative in ourselves it comes with endless guilt. We hold onto a lifetime of floating visions and… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
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People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
My muse can take the form of a landscape, an era, a style of writing, a piece of music, and, perhaps that… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“From Martin Eden on submitting manuscripts: "There was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs… — Jack London Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to… — William Safire Copy Share Image
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I went to my old school, where all the kids I'd been with for eight years were about to graduate. But the… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
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GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I'm afraid my closely guarded solitude causes some hurt feelings now and then. But how to explain, without wounding someone, that you… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Writing is a conversation with reading; a dialogue with thinking. All conversations with older people contain repetition. Some of the ideas mean… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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![“I learned that [Trotskyism] were no different from the Stalinists, and they expelled me, which is the typical Marxist-Leninist way of dealing with dissenters. From that point on, I migrated by the 1950s into anarchism, increasingly emphasizing decentralization. Also, I made the all-important step…” quote by Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/60b/murray-bookchin-2587_anarchism_i-learned-that-trotskyism-were-no-differ_1094904.png)
![“I hated the culture [working in the bank], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after two years, I took some writing courses - I always loved to write - and I figured the only way I was going to get paid to write was in journalism.” quote by Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b60/sharif-abdel-kouddous-63338_courses_i-hated-the-culture-working-in-the-bank_864451.jpg)
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