Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian Category: Art
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. – Francis Bacon Category: Art
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I cant say I do like it very much. – Doris Lessing Category: Women
So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear. – Diana Krall Category: Imagination
I love John Irvings stuff. Its that marriage of comedy and tragedy. Its really terrific. – Jeff Bridges Category: Marriage
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille Category: power