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Writing Quote by Anaïs Nin

“The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” quote by Anaïs Nin — Download Open image

““The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.””

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I wanted to remember in order to be able to return.

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We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.

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Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

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The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

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Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and…

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In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not…

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I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated

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The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.

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