#invisible

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#artist #creation #everywhere #god #him

I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#because #bone #even #fiber #flesh

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. ↗

— James Joyce

#artist #behind #beyond #creation #existence

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#being #child #crew #everywhere #fantasy

When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together. ↗

— Jeff Koons

#fabric #get #holds #hope #i

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse. ↗

— Cornel West

#brown #catastrophe #complex #discourse #ghettos

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#above #been #bosses #democracy #designed

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#mystery #true #visible #world

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#crucial #invisible #our #own #us

The 27th letter has always been my favorite letter of the alphabet. But, then, I also love ghost stories, invisible beings, the supernatural, and Bigfoot. Just ask The Mythical Mr. Boo, who’s first name begins with the 27th letter. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bigfoot #funny #ghost-stories #invisible #supernatural