Art Quote by James Joyce

I don't revise a lot when writing short stories. As far as the novel, I definitely thought more about plot. Honestly, I'm still pretty…

— Mary J. Miller

She once complained that her stories were like 'birds bred in cages,' but that concentrated atmosphere, that claustrophobic hothouse of emotion, was her talent.…

— Katie Roiphe

“The overreactor is responsible, as the psychological term puts it, for the 'transference' of an emotion from the past on to someone in the…

— Alain de Botton

The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot if the…

— Karin Slaughter

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing…

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…

— G-Dragon

From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.

— St. Lucia

“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…

— Taf Teh

“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…

— Justina Chen Headley

The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

— Margaret Mead

“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,…

— Steve Martin