#arts

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#contain #drawing #lines #machine #paragraph

I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. ↗

— David Guterson

#fictional #finally #find #fits #history

Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#adult #bloody #books #children #complex

There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#come #conservatory #different #different parts #england

I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#arts #band #big #big band #cal

I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important.' ↗

— Nina Hagen

#being #charts #dream #familiar #god

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#creative process #execution #finally #first #inspiration

If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#feel #good #guitar #how #instrument

Painting and writing are solitary arts. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#painting #solitary #writing

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#alive #arts #average #bodies #body