What did Joyce Carol Oates mean by: Most people who are writers go through periods when they can’t write. Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA Copy
+ Great art is cathartic; it is always moral. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Art, Catharsis, Morality, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Creativity, Skill, Value, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Like a flame is real enough, isn’t it, while it’s burning?-even if there’s a time it goes out? Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Existence, Impermanence, Life, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than being Alice. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Adventure, Creativity, Identity, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ I never change, I simply become more myself. Author, November 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Authenticity, Growth, Identity, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ At all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Communication, Life, Uncertainty, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ When a marriage ends, who is left to understand it? Author, July 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Loss, Relationships, Understanding, 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
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
