What did Joyce Carol Oates mean by: Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal. Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA Copy
The great happiness in life in creativity belongs to amateurs. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Amateurism, Creativity, Happiness, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Courage, Journey, Transformation, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ After love a formal feeling comes. Author, August 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Closure, Reflection, Sadness, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Like all virtuous people he imagines he must speak the truth. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Honesty, Morality, Perception, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise. Author, July 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Appreciation, Feedback, Surprise, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Only in love is there trust – even the possibility of trust. Author, June 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Love, Possibility, Trust, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Much in our lives is chance. Author, October 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Fate, Randomness, Uncertainty, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
For memory is a moral action, a choice. You can choose to remember. You can choose not. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Choice, Memory, Morality, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
