#artist

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. ↗

— Criss Jami

#adversity #artist #craftiness #craftsmanship #crafty

But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition— and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation— and to the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity that knits together the loneliness of innumerable hearts, to the solidarity in dreams, in joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, in illusions, in hope, in fear, which binds men to each other, which binds together all humanity— the dead to the living and the living to the unborn. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#artists #writers #writing #art

Does it not occur to people that I might be artificial by nature? ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#creativity #humor #self-knowledge #humor

Dogmatism of all kinds--scientific, economic, moral, as well as political--are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. We cannot escape our anxiety over the fact that the artists together with creative persons of all sorts, are the possible destroyer of our nicely ordered systems. (p. 76) ↗

— Rollo May

#dogmatism #fundamentalism #courage

A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world... ↗

— Alice Walker

#brokenness #heart #love #love

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues. ↗

— Aesop

#biases #men

La nuit appartient aux audacieux, aux fous et aux artistes, qui sont souvent les mêmes. ↗

— Anne Fortier

#inspirational

What are we artists for? We are for showing you what you've wandered for to find the home of your spirit... ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#inspiration #life #spirit #home

When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account... ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#bank-account #depression #funny #humorous #inspiration

I chose and my world was shaken. So what. The choice might have been mistaken, but choosing was not. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim "Sunday in the Park with George"

#inspirational #musical-theatre #inspirational