I've been feeling sick with weird flu-like symptoms for almost a week. I will update as soon as I stop feeling dizzy/nauseated, so thank you thank you thank you for your patience. In the meanwhile I want to share with you some of my favorite quotes on what is art and what it means to be an artist. These quotes explain why I decided to write this book and why I have so much respect for writers and artists from all walks of life.
"Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, to where no one can go any further. The further one goes, the more private, the more personal, the more singular an experience becomes, and the thing one is making is, finally, the necessary, irrepressible, and, as nearly as possible, definitive utterance of the singularity… Therein lies the enormous aid the work of art brings to the life of the one who must make it." --Rainer Maria Rilke
"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love." --Marc Chagall
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." --Leo Tolstoy
"One sign of a great work of literature or art is that it can be interpreted multiple ways, that it remains ambiguous, refusing to provide clear-cut answers." --Russ Kick
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." --Pablo Picasso
"A writer leaves himself on the page."--Alex Magnin
"Instead of going to a fucking shrink, I choose to write." --Stanley Farrell
"It does take about fifteen years. . . . You've got to have life experience. You've got to have loved and lost to be a good standup. You've got to have highs and lows. You've have to have really lived for the audience to take that journey with you." --Chris Rock
"There is nothing more shockingly beautiful than simple honesty." --me!
Even though I won't be updating for a while, I will be sending out a daily quote with full citation to my subscribers. If you want to sign up, just private message or email me (millennialsmonologue@gmail.com) your email address. Thanks everyone and hope you have a wonderful weekend :)
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Millennial's Monologue: Secret Dramas in Our Hearts & Souls
Non-FictionREAL LIFE STORY: I was a stereotypical high achiever in an Ivy League school who got suspended for plagiarism; April was a sweet girl who worked in a high-end prostitution ring. We were both in our early twenties when we became friends. A perfect...
