“Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It’s almost a form of meditation – an investigation of my own life.” Neil Simon, 1927-2018, playwright, Pulitzer Prize, Goodbye in 2018
“You live and you suffer. To hell with it. You want a pizza?” — Art of Quotation
“You live and you suffer. To hell with it. You want a pizza?” — Antonio Ricci, The Bicycle Thieves, 1948, Italy. Portrayed by Lamberto Maggiorani. Foreign Film Academy Award 1949. Director Vittorio de Sica, 50 Greatest Films of All Time – British Film Institute more Roger Ebert Review: … Such films stand outside time. […]
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“Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is…” — Art of Quotation
“Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it’s lost” Thomas Bernhard, writer, playwright, poet, novelist, book quote from “Concrete”
“Writing is a delicious agony.” — Art of Quotation
“Writing is a delicious agony.” — Gwendolyn Brooks, writer, poet, teacher, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1950
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want” — Art of Quotation
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want” F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender […]
“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” — Art of Quotation
“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” Ernest Newman, English, music critic, musicologist
“to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude” — Art of Quotation
“to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude” Susan Sontag, writer
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“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” — Art of Quotation
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” Erich Fromm, philosopher, author, sociologist
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“I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” — Art of Quotation
“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” ― Robert Frank, photographer (photo “London Street 1951” by Robert Frank)
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