“Men who create art feel a zillion times happier than men who create wealth. Art lives on but wealth diminishes.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Every act of art is a good faith attempt to arrest time – the motion of life – and make contact with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I chose and my world was shaken. So what. The choice might have been mistaken, but choosing was not.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.” — Nuno Roque Copy Share Image
“An artistic person taps into the destructive emotional energy of guilt and shame and the longing to love and be loveable and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being… — A.P. Gouthe Copy Share Image
“The philosophical study of beauty, art, and the splendor of nature nurtures a person’s fertile mind by exposing a person to the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Storytelling gives form to the metal dialogue of the mind and in doing so, reveals our self-fiction. Memory and imagination fills part… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We do not use writing exclusively to attain perspective upon our self-referential human existence. We dedicate our essayistic existence to witnessing the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Art is long. Life is short, but it deserves our attentive devotion. Embrace life. No person has a monopoly on wisdom. Despite… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“All writers are demonic dreamers. Writing is an act of sharing experiences and offering of an individualistic perspective of our private attitudes… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.” — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image
“Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
“All forms of art must contribute to the discursive dialogue regarding the composition of the malleable human condition.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“An author’s operating charter is to unearth embedded symbols that reflect complementary and inconsistent relationships of our collective assemblage, combine harmonizing and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“What exactly is it you'd like to know? [the book store manager asked]. He had an odd expression, like he was asking… — Jennifer McMahon Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the panoply of beauty in all of nature takes us out of our shell of self-absorption and makes us realize that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
![“What exactly is it you'd like to know? [the book store manager asked]. He had an odd expression, like he was asking her a trick question. [Katherine] thought a minute. What DID she want to know? Why had she taken the trouble to come out in the cold to learn about a woman she'd never heard of until…” quote by Jennifer McMahon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2cb/jennifer-mcmahon-16596_artistic-endeavor_what-exactly-is-it-you-d-like-to-know-th_2709892.jpg)
