What did Gerald Brenan mean by: Every writer and artist wonders what in the world people of other professions can find to live for. - Gerald Brenan Copy
+ Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Death, War, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Literature, Writing, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Aging, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Opinion, Wisdom, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Butterfly, Relaxation, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Boredom, Boring, Oneself, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Anniversary, Husband, Wedding, 0 - Gerald Brenan
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
As an artist, I’ve always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists. - Jeff Koons Artist · USA
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one. - William McElcheran
If I’ve grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There’s no need to explain it. - Matisyahu Singer-songwriter
I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully. - Meher Baba Spiritual leader and mystic · India
The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
