"The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing."

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Source : Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.104, Univ of California Press

Anton Ehrenzweig

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“Having got into bed and turned out the light, I quietly burst into tears because I am not a good person. As they came and went for some minutes, I was concerned with the words following 'because' in the previous sentence, rewriting them over and over in my head until they seemed to be as close to the truth as it was possible for me to make them.”
“I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.”
“Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.”
“The truth is that the devil is very cunning. The truth is that he is not always as ugly as they say.”
“With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.”

Source : S J Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep”, p.351, Random House
“I was playing with pencils while the other girls were playing with dolls.”
“And one of the most important values of Barack Obama is that he will always level with the American people.”

Source : "Charles Gonzalez DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.
“The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.”

Source : Tess Gerritsen (2015). “The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again”, p.1101, Ballantine Books

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