Encouragement Quote by Siri Hustvedt

“James believed in the power of art, not because he thought it would change the world or because he imagined it could be a…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Why don’t you wish to take any credit for it, James? That’s out of character and out of the policy at which you’re such…

— Ayn Rand

“In art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Praise can be hard to come by and fleeting when you do get it but no one can take away pride from, and engagement…

— David Zweig

“Any work aspiring to be art however humble should carry its justification in every line.”

— Joseph Conrad

“If he lacks verbal expression of it, you may find his love profoundly in his works, deeds and creativity; so recognize rather than criticize.”

— T.F. Hodge

“{B]eware of empty compliments - make your support as incisive as your feedback or interpretations.”

— Irvin D. Yalom

“The ordinary writer has an unmistakable preference for this style, because it causes the reader to spend time and trouble in understanding that which…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

“The straightforward manner is seldom equal to the complications of the good subject. There may never be anything new to say, but there is…

— Flannery O'Connor

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has said before

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Art could state very little - it's whole business is to evoke responses.”

— Dodie Smith

“In the arts," James wrote, "feeling is always meaning.”

— Siri Hustvedt