"only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Art Quotes #Longing Quotes #Creation Quotes

“I've always been kind of surrounded by music my whole life, so my earliest memories of it were just hearing it in the house.”
“Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to dissipate The holy hush of ancient sacrifice”
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
“The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.”
“I mean, these are really dedicated people [in Lovecraft Society] when it comes to [h.P.] Lovecraft. But in the top floor of the John Hay Library, you have all of Lovecraft's archives. And messing around in there, I noticed, I said, what are these paintings? And the librarian told me, "Well, those are Pickman's paintings." I said, "I thought this was like something he made up, like The Necronomicon, that kind of stuff." And he said no, that the guy actually existed.”
“Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Outlander: Short Stories and Essays”, p.193, Open Road Media
“THE LUXE IS . . . Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan in 1899.”
“When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.”

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