What did Joyce Carol Oates mean by: The despairing soul is a rebel. Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA Copy
+ Much in our lives is chance. Author, October 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Fate, Randomness, Uncertainty, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Hate, Love, Power, 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
+ Every scar in my face is worth it. Author, October 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Beauty, Experience, Resilience, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ The greatest works of literature seem to embody both “art” and “morality”. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Art, Literature, Morality, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ One of life’s minor satisfactions is forgetting. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Life, Memory, Satisfaction, 0 Joyce Carol Oates Author · USA
+ Tragedy is the highest form of art. Read explanation Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Joyce Carol Oates, Beauty, Emotion, 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
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. Read explanation Mason Cooley Professor · USA
The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken. Michael Kenna Photographer · England
