What did Joyce Carol Oates mean by: She wasn’t in love but she would love him, if that would save her. 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
+ Stories come to us as wraiths requiring precise embodiments. Author, August 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Imagination, Interpretation, Transformation, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Accountability, Balance, Self-improvement, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Ambitious, absorbing, and poignantly moving. Author, June 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Absorption, Ambition, Emotion, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ It’s not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Improvement, Revision, Writing, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst. Author, October 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Optimism, Preparedness, Realism, 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
+ Because there has been no one to stop me has been one of the principles of my life. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Accountability, Freedom, Self-reliance, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
