Obsessions Quotes

98 quotes by 91 authors

Writing is putting one's obsessions in order. — Jean Grenier
If Murakami's novels are grand enigmas, his stories are bite-sized conundrums. (...) The great pleasure of the new story collection, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, is… — Antoine Wilson
Sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they… — Jon Ronson
In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions. — Andres Serrano
How often do we use other people as screens upon which to project our obsessions? Our discontents, dreams, desires, and fears? Well, I always thought,… — Bradford Morrow
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether thatâ€™s old peopleâ€™s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because thatâ€™s what youâ€™ve got, and… — David LaChapelle
Now sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation. Accumulated frustration leads to what Freud calls the process of sublimation. Anything that does not take… — Salvador Dali
I love flat shoes, more so than heels. One of my obsessions is men's co-respondent lace-ups. — Twiggy
Until we can insert a USB into our ear and download our thoughts, drawing remains the best way of getting visual information on to the… — Grayson Perry
The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life. — Mary Ellen Mark
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed. — Marguerite Young
Obsessions turn people off. — Grover Norquist
My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner. — Mason Cooley
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language or code. Myth… — Kenny Smith
My personal credo as a libertarian conservative: I think all attempts to reform your fellow-citizens or tell them how to live their lives are arrogant… — John Ray
Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn the morality of… — Benjamin Hoff
If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as… — Elie Wiesel
Simple ideas become obsessions, almost like a meditation. — Mary Heilmann
Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments white and wide… — Andre Gide

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