“That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by a wave and swept to shore. He's obsessed by his material; it's like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.” ArtJobsArtistDifferencesAbilityBloodObjectsSeriousMaterialsArt IsWaveCaughtObsessedShoreAntidoteCraftsmanVenomProust Book:Truman Capote: Conversations Source: Truman Capote: Conversations
“This is a very superficial job. I sit in a chair for two hours and get hair and makeup done and talk about myself in interviews. That's a very vain thing to do. And I do get caught up in it sometimes.” TwoSometimesDoneJobsHoursHairCaughtVainThings To DoInterviewsChairsMakeupSuperficialCaught UpHair And MakeupSuperficial Things Author:Selena Gomez
“We will come to understand the part a difficult circumstance has played in our lives. Hindsight makes so much clear. The broken marriage, the lost job, the loneliness have all contributed to who we are becoming. The joy of the wisdom we are acquiring is that hindsight comes more quickly. We can, on occasion, begin to accept a difficult situation's contribution to our wholeness while caught in the turmoil.” JobsJoyLostDifficultSituationAcceptingClearOur LivesLonelinessBrokenBecomingCircumstancesCaughtOccasionsContributionWho We AreWholenessTurmoilHindsightDifficult SituationsDifficult CircumstancesBroken Marriage Author:Karan Casey