#eat

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. ↗

— William Faulkner

#fiction #inspiration #on-writing #writers #writing

Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#chanel #creativity #dangerous #ephemeral #fashion-designer

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." ― Pablo Picasso ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#artist #creativity-work #art

Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#companionship #death #devotion #death

...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #be-yourself #creative-process #encouragement #funny

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#chanel #create #designer #fashion #french

I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration. ↗

— Arthur Holitscher

#artists #creativity #surrealism #writers #writing

I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artist #artistic #artists #artsy #creative-people

I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some fatal attraction draws me down into the abysses of thought, down into those innermost recesses which never cease to fascinate the strong. I shall spend my life gazing at the ocean of art, where others voyage or fight; and from time to time I’ll entertain myself by diving for those green and yellow shells that nobody will want. So I shall keep them for myself and cover the walls of my hut with them. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#creativity #art

Don't just be a consumer, be a creator. Somewhere inside you is a masterpiece waiting to be exposed. ↗

— Raimy Diaz

#authenticity #be-yourself #creativity #find-yourself #personal-growth