Quotes About Expression

el arte que es simplemente malo ni siquiera es capaz de provocarnos repugnancia.

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

Por qué nos inquieta un hombre bañado en lágrimas? Una mujer que llora puede considerarse una parte excepcional pero conmovedora y digna de pena, de nuestra vida cotidiana, la acogemos con sinceridad y cariño. Pero ante un hombre que llora nos llena un sentimiento de desesperación. Es como si para él hubiera llegado el fin del mundo o como si él hubiera llegado al límite de lo que podía hacer.

It's not the content, but the form of thought that counts.

At times like this what matters is not our words but our demeanor, not the magnitude or elegance of our grief but the degree to which we can express fellowship with those around us. I sometimes think that our love of cigarettes owes nothing to the nicotine, and everything to their ability to fill the meaningless void and offer an easy way of feeling as if we are doing something purposeful.

I was trying to think of something to say that would sound more meaningful, but when you get down to it, words aren't very useful at baring our souls, they're just something else to hide behind.

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

As?l olan hikâyedir. [...] Güzel bir resim bir hikâyeyi zarafetle tamamlar.

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

What is it to be a color? Color is the touch of the eye, music to the deaf, a word out of the darkness.

Una carta no dice lo que quiere decir sólo con lo que está escrito. Las cartas, como los libros, se leen también oliéndolas, tocándolas, manoseándolas.

just pop this one out, too

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

Qué puede haber más revelador, más gratificante, más curioso que una fotografía, que un documento que esconde la expresión del rostro de una persona?

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

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.

I tako, što više bojim, ja kao da svijetu kazujem budi i svijet biva iz moje boje krvi. Onaj koji ne vidi, taj pori?e, ali mene ima svuda.

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.

I'm not indignant, I said indignantly.

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.

Poetry is like painting. Some attracts you more if you stand near, some if you're further off.

Zaten romanc? olmak kendi duygular?n?zdan bir baÅŸkas?n?n duygular? gibi ve bir baÅŸkalar?n?n duygular?ndan da kendi duygular?n?z gibi söz edebilme hüneridir.