"As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail."

-- Aristotle

#Writing Quotes #Amplify Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.”
“Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.”
“I think about photographs as being full, or empty. You picture something in a frame and it's got lots of accounting going on in it-stones and buildings and trees and air - but that's not what fills up a frame. You fill up the frame with feelings, energy, discovery, and risk, and leave room enough for someone else to get in there.”

Source : Joel Meyerowitz (1990). “Creating a sense of place”, Smithsonian Inst Pr
“I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away.”
“Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.”
“Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.”
“A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.”
“I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline.”

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