Writer’s Notebook – Dedicated to Blaise Cendrars
Image Marcus D. Niski © 2020
Studio YSL — Stylish Heath
During our recent visit to Paris it was inspiring to see the notebooks of Da Vinci that held hundreds of sketches and ideas on his varying interest. His expertise encompassed anatomy, engineering, astronomy, mathematics, natural history, architecture and painting to name a few areas that made Da Vinci one of the most versatile geniuses. But, […]
Studio YSL — Stylish Heath
Georges Perec on Writing, Space, the Uninhabitable, and More. — BIG OTHER
Happy birthday, Georges Perec! Here are some quotes from his writing:
“Space is a doubt…” “Why not set a higher value on dispersal?” “I write: I write… I write: ‘I write…’ I write that I write… Etc.” “To write: to try meticulously to retain something, to cause something to survive; […]
Georges Perec on Writing, Space, the Uninhabitable, and More. — BIG OTHER
“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind” — Art of Quotation
“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.”
– Johannes Brahms, composer
via “Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.” — Art of Quotation
“A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood” — Art of Quotation
“A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood”
– Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
John Irving — The Vale of Soul-Making
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. ― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany. (Transworld Publishers; First edition, November 1, 1989)
In Memory: “The process of photographing is a pleasure: eyes open, receptive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.” — Art of Quotation
“The process of photographing is a pleasure: eyes open, receptive, sensing, and at some point, connecting. It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.” – Henry Wessel, 1942-2018, photographer
“You can’t learn less” — Art of Quotation
“You can’t learn less” – R. Buckminster Fuller, architect, writer, inventor
Hélène Cixous — The Vale of Soul-Making
I write, I extend my hand; without my knowing it, this is already a prayer, I extend my hand to you so that you will exist because you do exist, beyond my fingers, your fingers, without my knowing it this is already a response, already I draw to my side the site for you, with […]
“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” — Art of Quotation
“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” – Floyd Dell, novelist, editor, playwright, poet
via “Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” — Art of Quotation
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