"Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself."

Artistry, Art, Truth, Illusion, Creativity

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"Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself."

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"I think that most artists scorned would prefer to be known as the one with the genius brain risking no career over the one with the good brain and great career."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Artistry, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"Philosophers tell you what they think. Artists show you."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Artistry, Thinking, Show, Difference, Art

"A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Artistry, Creativity, Creation, Music, Pain

"He said, one has to learn that painting well - in the academic and technical sense - comes right at the bottom of the list. I mean, you've got that ability. So have thousands."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Artistry, Art, Talent, Skill, Discipline

"We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."

Henry James, American Writer

Artistry, Art, Doubt, Passion, Creation

"In the creative state a man is taken out of himself. He lets down as it were a bucket into his subconscious and draws up something which is normally beyond his reach. He mixes this thing with his normal experiences and out of the mixture he makes a work of art."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Artistry, Creativity, Art, Inspirational, Subconscious

"By(e) pen, I've tried my hand at poetry; only to see how boring it is to me. That is, unless I get a chance to destroy each and every piece while doing it as I please."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Artistry, Creativity, Truth, Life, Inspirational

"Artistry exists in everyone. What makes it blossom is a soul's personal desire to find an outlet for expression."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Artistry, Creativity, Truth, Life, Happiness

"All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Artistry, Art, Expression, Soul, Connection

"The music world is where child prodigies go to die."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Artistry, Music, Talent, Death

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"To some degree Satanism is purely a kind of disease of Christianity. You've got to really be Christian to believe in Satan."

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"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

Power, Idea, Example, Marxism

"It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's something about opium that goes very well with lesbianism."

Addiction, Vice, Sexuality, Irony

"Come, dry your eyes, for you are LIFE, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes, and let's go home."

Existence, Life, Science, Wonder, Values

"I don't think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for the opportunities the library gave me."

Education, Libraries, Learning, Opportunity

"Books require titles reading them doesn't."

Literature, Books, Knowledge, Reading, Simplicity

"Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

Eternity, Existence, Infinity, Time

"Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust."

Culture, Sexuality, Civilization, Freedom

"So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit."

Mental Health, Madness, Escape, Past, Thought

"I'm remote from most technology to the point that I'm kind of Amish."

Simplicity, Technology, Isolation, Lifestyle