Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.
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What was any art but an effort to make a sheath, a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element which is life itself.Willa Cather
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
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A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.
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Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
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Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.
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The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.
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