"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."

-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#Silence Quotes #Poetic Quotes #Flattering Quotes

“People will justify whatever for a good cause.”
“Great are the symbols of Being, But that which is symboled is greater; Vast the create and beheld, But vaster the Inward Creator.”

Source : Richard Realf, “Indirection”
“I think that with albums these days, as long as you are moving forward and not trying to re-create things and looking back, albums are like living breathing things. They change, they evolve and it's this big thing that you are trying to get out to people. To me, whatever you can do to get it out there, do that.”

Source : Source: mousertime.blogspot.com
“The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life.”

Source : Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.21, Pan Macmillan
“I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.”

Source : "Billy Childish Talks Van Gogh And His Definition Of The Word 'Amateur'” by Susan Michals, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2011.
“We laugh & it pits the world against us.”
“Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.”
“Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.”

You may also like:

Bertrand de Jouvenel
Philosopher
George Sand
Novelist
Jean Cocteau
Poet
Judith Thurman
Writer
Maurice Ravel
Composer
Natalie Clifford Barney
Playwright
Roberto Rossellini
Film director
Simone de Beauvoir
Writer
Vincente Minnelli
Stage Director