"I have noted that, barring accidents, artists whose powers wear best and last longest are those who have trained themselves to work under adversity. Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness."

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Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1961). “The Nature of the Artist: An Address Delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies for Lee Pattison Recital Hall, Wilbur Hall, Mary Kimberly Residence Hall”

Catherine Drinker Bowen

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“There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection.”
“I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2007). “Mozart and Leadbelly”, p.27, Vintage
“Anyone desperate enough for suicide... should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.”
“I will try to write books until I drop dead.”
“The game of football, especially in the NFL, is all about situations, and coming out on the big end of that stick.”

Source : "The Shutdown Corner Interview: Ndamukong Suh". Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. June 30, 2011.
“Seldom has a battle, in which greater numbers were not engaged, been so important in its consequences as that of Cowpens.”
“If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.”
“I don't read the "letters" section of Time magazine. I think it's just my habit as a reader. I don't read comments on stories, in general.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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