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Elizabeth Hardwick was an American novelist known for her profound psychological insights and portrayals of the female experience. Her works often explore love, marriage, and art, and how these themes affect individuals and society.

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“Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel Beckett, embodies in its loquacity and verbosity the curious paradox of the minimalist form. This art of the nuance in repetition and placement she shares with the orchestral compositions of Philip Glass.”

Art Form Silence Share Soldier Glasses Curious Paradox Composition Repetition Minimalism Nuance Philip Minimalist Beckett Placement Gertrude Resonating

Book:Sight-readings: American Fictions

Source: Sight-readings: American Fictions

“Art is a profession, not a shrine.”

Art Art Is Profession Shrines

Book:A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society

Source: A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society

“How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great cost to themselves usually, is another mystery. Works are not created by one's life; every life is rich in material.”

Should Humans Art Able Life Is Certain Wish Human Beings Rich Mystery Materials Cost Art Is Works Of Art

Book:Sight-readings: American Fictions

Source: Sight-readings: American Fictions

About the Author

Born: July 27, 1916
Died: December 2, 2007
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 57

Books & Sources

Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other EssaysRelated source material

Seduction and BetrayalRelated source material

A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and SocietyRelated source material

Seduction and Betrayal: Women and LiteratureRelated source material

Sight-readings: American FictionsRelated source material

The Collected Essays of Elizabeth HardwickRelated source material

Sleepless NightsRelated source material

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