"Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer."

-- James Salter

#Enthusiasm Quotes #States Quotes

“I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I've got nothing to hide.”
“Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else--ignorance, for example. Same thing happened to the Israelites. Sure it's weak, but sometimes you'd rather just have a map.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.134, Atlantic Monthly Press
“Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.”
“At times I ask myself if I shouldnt be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.”
“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future.”
“Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.”

Source : Giuseppe Mazzini, Emilie Ashurst Venturi (2004). “Giuseppe Mazzini's Philosophy of Music: (1836) : Envisioning a Social Opera”, Edwin Mellen Pr
“During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.”

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