What did Joyce Carol Oates mean by: Can compromise be an art? Yes–but a minor art. Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA Copy
+ Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Art, Criticism, Qualification, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Darkness, Desolation, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ I was brought up to be sympathetic toward others. Author, October 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Empathy, Kindness, Upbringing, 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
+ In love there are two things – bodies and words. Author, October 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Communication, Love, Physicality, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Blood, Connection, Memory, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Sometimes I stumble upon a wonderfully irresistible to me voice, unexpectedly. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Discovery, Unexpected, Voice, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Savior, Superficiality, Tradition, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
