“Like everyone else, I was born naked and screaming, waiting for my life to write itself on my skin.”
~ Kat von D, b. 8 March 1982
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Bret Easton Ellis (b. 7 March 1964): “All of my books come from pain.”
7 Mar
Bret Easton Ellis, born 7 March 1964, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer. His novels include Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, and American Psycho. His works have been translated into 27 languages.
Quotes on writing:
- The better you look, the more you see.
- No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.
- Life is like a typographical error: we’re constantly writing and rewriting things over each other.
- Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.
- You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you.
Piet Mondrian (b. March 7th): “The artist is a channel.”
7 Mar
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
~ Piet Mondrian, b. 7 March 1872
Jackson Pollock (b. January 28): “The strangeness will wear off…”
28 Jan
“The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”
~ Jackson Pollock, b. 28 January 1912
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Jorge Luis Borges (b. August 24): “It is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger.”
24 Aug
“Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.”
~ Jorge Luis Borges, b. 24 August 1899
Carlos Santana (b. July 20): “My job is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music.”
20 Jul
“My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.”
~ Carlos Santana, b. 19 July 1947
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Jean Cocteau (b. July 5): “When I write, I disturb.”
5 Jul
“When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.”
~ Jean Cocteau, b. 5 July 1889
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Yann Martel (b. June 25): “Art is a gift: you create and then you give away.”
25 Jun
“Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate it, that’s their response to it. Others respond by liking it. Either way, that is their interaction with the book, which is no longer mine.”
~ Yann Martel, b. 25 June 1963
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Woody Allen: “If you’re not failing…”
18 Jun
“If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” ~ Woody Allen
David Byrne (b. May 14): “An artist’s creativity comes from torment.”
14 May
“I subscribe to the myth that an artist’s creativity comes from torment. Once that’s fixed, what do you draw on?”
~ David Byrne, b. 14 May 1952
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