Art Quote by Antonio Damasio

“The principal theme of any autobiography revolves around the brushwork of self-transformation, the freeing of the self from the strictures of self-imposed limitations, fears,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self.

— Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past…

— Antonio Damasio

Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it…

— Antonio Damasio

“[I]nternalized experiences of selfhood are linked to autobiographical narratives, which are linked to biographies, legal testimonies, and medical case histories, which are linked to…

— Anthony Kenny

It always seems to people that I'm avoiding saying, 'It's autobiographical,' but I really do believe that human beings make stories and they make…

— Phoebe Gloeckner

All writers are autobiographical to a degree and writing about the nature of their inner life. My inner life has always been a struggle…

— Francis Levy

Over the years, I had something in principle against autobiographical writing altogether because memory plays tricks on us, and we also tend to reinvent…

— Gunter Grass

I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to…

— Mohsin Hamid

“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a spiritual life…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“I am not and autobiographical writer--one can't be without a solid and explicable self--and read all autobiographical writers with the same curiosity. What kind…

— Yiyun Li

“We need to think of the self as a continuum, a steady story over time. The mind is always searching for similarities, associations, repetitions,…

— Siri Hustvedt