“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.” WayMindHandsArtistFallSleepBrainToo MuchDangerousDangerSkillsSmartEaseGiantsCriticizeFacilityDangerous Things Author:John French Sloan
“It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts.” KnowsHandsSpiritFallBornDangerApproachExtremesAccomplishGiantsHollowPuppetsAccomplish Nothing Author:Friedrich Schiller
“You're part of the human fabric of experience. You don't have to have cancer to write about cancer. You don't have to have somebody close to you die to understand what death is. Definitely, the more you live, the more experiences fall into your spectrum. As a writer, you must have been told: Write about what you know. But Kafka didn't. Gogol didn't. Did Shakespeare write only what he knew? Our own selves are limitless. And our capacity for empathy is giant.” KnowsWritingHumansHas BeensSelfDiesFallEmpathyCapacityCancerGiantsFabricLimitlessSpectrumGogol Author:Regina Spektor