What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the... - John Updike
"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."
"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."
"Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed."
"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."
"Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed."
"Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey."
"Humor is my default mode."