“What is important to me in my work is the identity that is hidden behind so-called reality. I search for a bridge from the given present tot the invisible, rather as a famous cabalist once said, 'If you wish to grasp the invisible, penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible'.” IfsSaidImportantRealityGivenWishBehindsIdentityInvisibleBridgesVisiblePenetrateTots Author:Max Beckmann
“The myth of Canada, its hidden story, is of a contemplative country, a place of inwardness, where people can question the idea of nationhood and ponder what values we wish to see expressed and achieved, and what solitudes of identity and reverie we wish to preserve.” PeopleIdeasCountryStoriesValuesWishIdentitySolitudeMythPreservesCanadaPonderingContemplativeReverie Author:B. W. Powe
“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