What did Willa Cather mean by: If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry Willa Cather Author Copy
+ An artist’s saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Creativity, Emotion, Vulnerability, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Emptiness, Machinery, Stillness, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Progress, Speed, Uncertainty, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Creation, Struggle, Time, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ Success is never so interesting as struggle Author, June 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Willa Cather, Interest, Struggle, Success, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Desire, Existence, Perspective, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ Let people go on talking as they like, and we will go on living as we think best. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Independence, Individuality, Privacy, 0 Willa Cather Author
+ A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it’s better than a new one. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Willa Cather, Comfort, Nostalgia, Value, 0 Willa Cather Author
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love 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
