“A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.” MenEnoughWisdomArtistWishWisePhilosopherGreat ArtBeing WiseGreat Artist Book:Heretics Source: Heretics
“All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.” DoeReasonWishPerfectWiseExtremesBeing Wise Author:Moliere
“Perhaps one would be wise when young even to avoid thinking of oneself as a writer - for there's something a little stopped and satisfied, too healthy, in that. Better to think of writing, of what one does as an activity, rather than an identity - to write, I write; we write; to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun; to keep working at the thing, at all hours, in all places, so that your life does not become a pose, a pornography of wishing.” ThinkingWritingLittlesDoeWould BeYoungWishHoursWiseIdentityCallingHealthyActivityOneselfSatisfiedPornographyBeing WiseVerbsNouns Author:Lorrie Moore