“There are many ways of writing badly about painting... There is an 'appreciative' language of threadbare, not inaccurate, but overexposed and irritating words... the language of the schools which 'situates' works and artists in schools and movements... novelists and poets [that] see paintings as allegories of writing.” WayWritingSchoolArtistLanguageMovementPaintingPoetNovelistsIrritatingAppreciativeAllegory Author:A. S. Byatt
“Funny way to spend your life, though, studying another chap's versifying.” WayStudyChaps Author:A. S. Byatt
“Creative Writing was not a form of psychotherapy, in ways both sublime and ridiculuous, it clearly was, precisely that.” WayWritingFormCreativeSublimeCreative WritingPsychotherapy Author:A. S. Byatt
“I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.” WayMindDifferentFeelingsMy WayDifferent Minds Author:A. S. Byatt