What did John Updike mean by: My only duty was to describe reality as it had come to me-to give the mundane its beautiful due. - John Updike Writer Copy
+ Life, just as we first thought, is playing grownup. Feraz Zeid, July 6, 2023December 12, 2023, John Updike, First, Grownups, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ The fact that we still live well cannot ease the feeling that we no longer live nobly. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Updike, Ease, Fact, Feelings, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ Man is a means for turning things into spirit and turning spirit into things. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Updike, Spirit, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ Affairs, … , like everything else, ask too much. Feraz Zeid, September 26, 2023December 26, 2023, John Updike, Affair, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ Movies took you right up to the edge but kept you safe. Feraz Zeid, November 3, 2023December 26, 2023, John Updike, Inspiration, Movie, Safe, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ Without rain, there would be no life. Feraz Zeid, November 2, 2023December 26, 2023, John Updike, Rain, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ A photograph offers us a glimpse into the abyss of time. Feraz Zeid, July 13, 2023January 10, 2024, John Updike, Abyss, Glimpse, Photograph, 0 - John Updike Writer
+ Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes. Feraz Zeid, October 31, 2023December 26, 2023, John Updike, Moon, Sun, Time, 0 - John Updike Writer
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. - Jean Fautrier Painter · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. - Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
A picture is not a window…an abstract refers to no reality but its own. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
