"The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings."

-- Plato

#Art Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.”
“lovers, it is well known, carry the art of tautology to its utmost perfection, and even the most impatient of them can both bear to hear and repeat the same things times without number, till the sound becomes the echo to the sense or the nonsense previously uttered.”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.316
“Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.”
“I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.”
“What doesnâ€™t kill me can only make me stronger”
“Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.”
“The gift is for you...The surprise is for me.”
“Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense, he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness.”

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