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We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, and straightforward men. Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough, and our honesty with ourselves remorseless enough, for us to find our way back to simplicity and straightforwardness? ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#art

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

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. ↗

— Anatole France

#teaching #art

Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way. ↗

— Mike Norton

#art #aspiration #aspirations #define #destiny

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

— Pablo Picasso

#artist #creativity-work #art

It is the story that matters not just the ending. ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#math #mathematics #story #art

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#art

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#photographs #photography #art

I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth. ↗

— Lisa Magnum

#photography #truth #art