The greatest benefit we owe the artist, whether painter, poet, or novelist, is the extension of our sympathies… Art is the nearest thing to life, it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow-men beyond the bounds of our personal lot.
Archives for February 2014
Book lust (a continuing series)
Concept design by Elizabeth Perez for Fahrenheit 451. “The book’s spine is screen-printed with a matchbook striking paper surface, so the book itself can be burned.” Very cool.
Angela Lee Duckworth on Grit
I suspect that grit, not talent, is the single best predictor of success for novelists, too.
Annie Lennox on Creativity
The Value of Uncertainty
“You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.”
— Pablo Picasso