“Artists and their subjects are the star-crossed lovers of the world. They recognize each other on impact.” WorldArtistStarsSubjectsLoversImpactStar Crossed Lovers Author:Sara Genn
“Just as our taste in lovers is far more revealing than our choice of friends, the object of an artist's obsession can open up doors to their soul that might otherwise remain shut tight.” SoulMightArtistChoicesDoorsObjectsLoversTasteObsessionRevealingOur Choices Author:Vince Aletti
“We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still. Lovers, farmers, and artists have one thing in common, at least - a fear of 'dry spells,' dormant periods in which we do no blooming, internal droughts only the waters of imagination and psychic release can civilize.” StillsArtistWaterImaginationCommonOne ThingDangerousLoversPeriodsRiversReleaseDryInternalsSpellsFarmersPsychicsCarelessDroughtDormantBlooming Book:The solace of open spaces Source: The solace of open spaces
“Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother or father, the lover, scholar or artist in you as well as the teacher earning money.” MenWellsSelfWholeMotherArtistFatherTeacherWifeTeachingLoversHusbandScholarEarningEarning Money Book:Myself Source: Myself
“Off fall the wife, the mother, the lover, the teacher, and the violent artist takes over. I am I alone. I belong to no one but myself. I mate with no one but the spirit. I own no land, have no kin, no friend or enemy. I have no road but this one.” SpiritMotherArtistFallEnemyTeacherWifeLandLoversViolentMatesNo Friends Book:Myself Source: Myself