Art Quote by Naguib Mahfouz Download Open image “The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.” — Naguib Mahfouz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Doubt Stories Truth Seeking Values Writing
“The finest SF comes to grips with life's mysteries, with our resentments against our own natures and our limited societies. It does so by… — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
You see, the contemporary writer must write through his intimations of unease, while trying to elucidate them. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I create doubt in the reader's mind. That is what literature is for: to provoke, to raise doubts, to talk about things that are… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, it is not the writer’s job to solve such problems as the existence of God, pessimism, etc. The job of the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Art should be a place of hope, not doubt. And your doubts rise from inexperience, which is not a dishonorable thing.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“A writer is lost when he grows interested in such questions as 'what is art?' and 'what is an artist's duty?” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“The writer of fiction is not a scholar but an artist impacted emotionally by characters from life, who then strives to present these in… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and… — Clarence Major Copy Share Image
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live. — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
“Art has a noble task: to educate man. That's why the writer's part in our society is a most responsible one. The writers are… — slawomir mrozek Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
