Literature Quotes
Every soul that existed on earth is part of earth human history.
Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.
All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.
The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.
It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it's also true that a word is worth a thousand pictures.
Art is the medium through which new thoughts, perspectives, and attitudes are brought into the world.
You want to feel that you belong to something higher, to something even beyond this universe, then go to the opera!
Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be.
Let us salute all the shadows of this world for the brilliant and enigmatical art they create day and night!
The riskiness of Art, the reason why it affects us, is not the riskiness of its subject matter, it is the risk of creating a new way of seeing, a new way of thinking.
Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.
The purpose of art is to create heavens to balance the world because there are so many hells in the world, there are wars, tortures and oppressions, there is unhappiness etc.
The notion of "cause and effect" is sometimes useful in real life, and it can even be interesting in art, but I'm more interested in "cause and cause" or "effect and effect" or "and and and".
It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.
There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down.
In the flailing light they all looked sharp-edged and ethereal and divided by great distances
The dictators, commanders or emperors who want to conquer the world soon realize that the world has already been conquered by the artists and their arts!
Art creates high energy, high vibrations, high music, high feelings, high of everything! Without art, we leave highness and we meet lowness!
When we create, we become stronger. When we create, we feel better. When we create, we can use our own two hands to create a new world. And this new world will be as we want it to be.
Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration!
In some way, every creative action disturbs the universe.
A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine. It is there that occurs the telltale tingle...
That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice.
Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared. 76
Keep reading! Keep travelling! Keep thinking! And finally you will be there, in the Land of Wisdom where the mind has the power of an eagle’s eye!
Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.
Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.
The good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.
Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.
Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.
If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.