No man is born into the world ...
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
There is no thrill of mortal d...
There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.
The writer ... an athlete requ...
The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.
Reading is a stouthearted acti...
Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.
Pleasure is one of the most im...
Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
I spend several years trying t...
I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.
I knew that I had to find out ...
I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.
How can a young person learn w...
How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.
His mind was like a soup dish,...
His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap
Art's a staple. Like bread or ...
Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
Bleed me of art, and there won...
Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]
Each of us has his own alphabe...
Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.
There are no faster or firmer ...
There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.
A man who has not suffered has...
A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.
Reading is a stout-hearted act...
Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile.
Art is amoral; so is life. For...
Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.
The paintings that laughed at ...
The paintings that laughed at him merrily from the walls were like nothing he had ever seen or dreamed of. Gone were the flat, thin surfaces. Gone was the sentimental sobriety. Gone was the brown gravy in which Europe had been bathing its pictures for centuries. Here were pictures riotously mad with the sun. With light and air and throbbing vivacity. Paintings of ballet girls backstage, done in primitive reds, greens, and blues thrown next to each other irreverantly. He looked at the signature. Degas.
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