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Journalist

American journalist, novelist, and essayist, known for her profound psychological portraits and unique narrative style. Porter, born in Texas, often explored the relationship between individuals and society, as well as themes of morality and religion in her works. Her notable works include 'The Ship of Fools' and 'The Gate of Heaven'.

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Famous Katherine Anne Porter Quotes

“Art is a vocation, as much as anything in this world. For the real artist, it is the most natural thing in the world, not as necessary as air and water, perhaps, but as food and water. But we really do lead almost a monastic life, you know; to follow it you very often have to give up something.”

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Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“Even St. Teresa said, "I can pray better when I'm comfortable," and she refused to wear her haircloth shirt or starve herself. I don't think living in cellars and starving is better for an artist than it is for anybody else.”

Thinking Said I Can Artist Praying Comfortable Shirts Starving Cellars Teresa

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of society and expect society to feed you regularly.”

Art Action Artist Critics Bread Secure Hostile Your Freedom

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

“Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them some kind of shape and meaning.”

Life Giving Humans Kind May Seems Together Artist Inspire Pure Shapes Chaos Confusion Human Life Handful

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“Every young artist has to do it one way, his [or her] way, and the hell with patterns. Remember who you are and where you are and what you are doing.... And never take advice, including this.”

Way Remember Young Artist Hell Creative Advice Who You Are Including Patterns One Way Where You Are Young Artists Remember Who You Are

Author:Katherine Anne Porter

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1890
Died: September 18, 1980
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 134

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Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other WritingsRelated source material

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