What did Leonard Cohen mean by: The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines. - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada Copy
+ The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leonard Cohen, Obstacles, Suffering, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ even damnation is poisoned with rainbows. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Leonard Cohen, Damnation, Rainbow, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ Deprivation is the mother of poetry. Feraz Zeid, October 25, 2023December 26, 2023, Leonard Cohen, Deprivation, Mother, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ A man never got a woman back… not by begging on his knees. Feraz Zeid, October 12, 2023December 26, 2023, Leonard Cohen, Begging, Knees, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ Poetry is a verdict rather than an intention. Feraz Zeid, August 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Leonard Cohen, Art, Intention, Poetry, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes one kind. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leonard Cohen, Pain, Sad, Wish, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leonard Cohen, Faster, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
+ We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity. Feraz Zeid, August 17, 2023December 12, 2023, Leonard Cohen, Lovers, 0 - Leonard Cohen Singer-songwriter · Canada
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
