The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
William S. BurroughsTag: art philosophy creativity
To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I never had a place I could call home that meant any more than a key to a house, apartment or hotel room. … Am I alien? Alien from what exactly? Perhaps my home is my dream city, more real than my waking life precisely because it has no relation to waking life…
William S. BurroughsTag: individuality art philosophy creativity
... Have you ever reflected that posterity may not be the faultless dispenser of justice that we dream of? One consoles oneself for being insulted and denied, by reyling on the equity of the centuries to come; just as the faithful endure all the abominations of this earth in the firm belief of another life, in which each will be rewarded according to his deserts. But suppose Paradise exists no more for the artist than it does for the Catholic, suppose that future generations prolong the misunderstanding and prefer amiable little trifles to vigorous works! Ah! What a sell it would be, eh? To have led a convict's life - to have screwed oneself down to one's work - all for a mere delusion!...
"Bah! What does it matter? Well, there's nothing hereafter. We are even madder than the fools who kill themselves for a woman. When the earth splits to pieces in space like a dry walnut, our works won't add one atom to its dust.
Tag: art
If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing
Glenn GouldTag: art creativity
A picture might be worth a thousand words but a good sentence is worth a thousand windows
Mati KlarweinTag: art creativity
The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
G.K. ChestertonTag: art creativity critic criticism mystery crime detectives
Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality
Jean RoussetTag: art reality creativity
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirTag: inspirational art paris france impressionism impressionist
The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.
Gustave FlaubertTag: art literature
Science is an organized pursuit of triviality.
Art is a casual pursuit of significance.
Let's keep it in perspective.
Tag: science art perspective significance trivia pursuit triviality
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