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“All art is knowing when to stop.”

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Toni Morrison is an American novelist known for her profound portrayal of the history and culture of African Americans. Her works often explore issues of race, gender, and identity, with her most famous novels being 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Sula'. more

“Sometimes we forget that if we do not encourage new work now, we will lose all touch with the work of the past we claim to love. If art is not living in a continuous present, it is living in a museum, only those working now can complete the circuit between the past, present and future energies we call art.”

Ifs Art Sometimes Past Energy Loses Forget Art Is Claims Museums Circuits Past Present Past Present And Future New Work Working Now

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“Journalism encourages haste ... and haste is the enemy of art.”

Art Enemy Journalism Haste

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“Every believer is an anarchist at heart. True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.”

Heart Government Faith Belief Believer Anarchist True Believer

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“The Bible writers didn't care that they were bunching together sequences some of which were historical, some preposterous, and some downright manipulative. Faithful recording was not their business; faith was.”

Care Together Faith Bible Historical Faithful Sequence Manipulative

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.”

Book Goes On Bounds

Book:Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“Working-class families in the north of England used to hear the 1611 Bible regularly at church and at home ... for us, the language didn't seem too difficult. I especially liked 'the quick and the dead' - you really get a feel for the difference if you live in a house with mice and a mousetrap.”

Ifs Feels Home Seems Death Used House Language Difficult Differences Church Class England Mice Working Class

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“Even death after a long illness is without warning. The moment you had prepared for so carefully took you by storm. The troops broke through the window and snatched the body and the body is gone. ... Death reduces us to the baffled logic of a small child. If yesterday why not today?”

Ifs Children Long Moments Body Today Death Gone Window Logic Prepared Illness Storm Yesterday Broke Why Not Warning Troops Small Child Baffled

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven.”

Silence Family Break Unhappy Conspiracy Forgiven Silence Is Happy Family Never Forgive Unhappy Family

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“I've never been tempted by God but I like his trappings.”

God Tempted

Author:Jeanette Winterson

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