Quotes About Inspiration

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words.

Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.

I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.

Painting taught literature to describe.

If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too.

A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.

To avoid disappointment in art, one mustn't treat it as a career.

La poesía y la pintura, el color y la palabra, son hermanos, ya lo sabes.

Mutlu olabilmek için her gün bir miktar edebiyatla ilgilenmem gerekiyor.

ALIF: Painting brings to life what the mind sees, as a feast for the eyes. LAM: What the eye sees in the world enters the painting to the degree that it serves the mind. MIM: Consequently, beauty is the eye discovering in our own world what the mind already knows.

After all, nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.

Painting and happiness. I would like my dear readers who have given close attention to my story and my fate to bear these two things in mind, as they are the genesis of my world.

Porque nada puede ser tan sorprendente como la vida. Excepto la escritura. Excepto la escritura. Si, por supuesto, excepto la escritura, el único consuelo

Tužna projekcija života za pjesnika je primamljivija od samog života.

A great painter does not content himself by affecting us with his masterpieces; ultimately, he succeeds in changing the landscape of our minds.

no creo que podamos vivir sin imitar a otros, sin querer ser otros.

Beni hayata ba?layan,bana iyimserlik veren bir ?ey vard? bu hayalde.

just pop this one out, too

Over time, jealousy becomes an element as indispensable as paint in the life of the master artist.

Çünkü hiçbir ÅŸey hayat kadar ÅŸa??rt?c? olamaz. Yaz? hariç. Yaz? hariç. Evet tabii, tek teselli yaz? hariç.

Po?injao sam i sebe da doživljavam kao satkanog od one svetlosti koja je navirala iz knjige. I to me je smirivalo.

Porque cuando ves esos cuadros tú también quieres verte así, quieres creer que eres una criatura completamente distinta a las demás, sin igual, particular y extraña.

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is. When I speak of writing, the image that comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or a literary tradition; it is the person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and, alone, turns inward. Amid his shadows, he builds a new world with words.

no cambiaría nada saber que la escritura, que cualquier texto, no trata de la vida sino del sueño, por el mero hecho de ser escritura.