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Yann Martel is a Canadian author known for his unique literary style and profound themes. His novel 'Life of Pi' won the Booker Prize in 2002 and became an international bestseller, propelling him to global recognition. Martel's works often explore deep questions of humanity and existence.

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“If we citizens do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the alter of crude reality, and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”

Book:Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“Like punk rock, like Jackson Pollock, like Jack Kerouac, it was truly human, a mix of perfect beauty and cathartic error.”

Book:The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

Source: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

“How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.”

Humans Art Self Evil Answers Existence Art Is Claims Bounds Backgrounds Secular Human Existence

Author:Yann Martel

“Just as art brings you to another place, so does religion - and to ask questions of factuality tends to reduce both. If you say you were inspired by a novel, that implies that your book is a work of fiction.”

Ifs Doe Art Book Asks Fiction Novel Inspired

Author:Yann Martel

“In art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.”

Art Stories Air Satisfying Thin Air

Author:Yann Martel

“I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.”

Thinking World Art Discomfort Fitting

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“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”

Ifs Believe Art Ends Dream Reality Motivational Artist Imagination Music Creativity Support Sacrifice Citizens Appreciation Worthless Altars Crude

Book:Life Of Pi, Illustrated

Source: Life Of Pi, Illustrated

“A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.”

Art Real Works Of Art

Book:Beatrice & Virgil

Source: Beatrice & Virgil

“Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.”

Art Memories Essentials Art Is Seeds Vaccines Suitcases Buoys

Book:Beatrice and Virgil

Source: Beatrice and Virgil

“My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.”

Humans Art Life Is Sides Painting Ambition Folly Life Is Like Skulls Grinning Memento Mori Memento

Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

“Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate it, that’s their response to it. Others respond by liking it. Either way, that is their interaction with the book, which is no longer mine.”

Ifs Way Giving Art Book Hate Mines Reader Art Is Response Interaction

Author:Yann Martel

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Born: June 25, 1963
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