Reflections · Reflection
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI ~ SAVE YOUR DREAM
It is your duty in life to save your dream.” ― Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Amedeo Modigliani, Christina, 1916
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Art · Reflection
MAGICAL NIGHT
“Night is a world lit by itself” Antonio Porchia Gaston La Touche (1854-1913) De L’intrigue Nocturne Oil on canvas
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Literature · Reflection
ANNA KAVAN ~ LIFE AS A RESULT OF TENSION
“Life is tension or the result of tension; without tension the creative impulse cannot exist. If human life be taken as the result of tension between the two polarities night and day, night, the negative pole, must share equal importance with the positive day. At night, under the
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Art · Reflection
CAMILLE CLAUDEL ~ LIVING IN A NIGHTMARE
I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare.” Camille Claudel
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Art · Reflection
TINA MODOTTI ~ DONNA UNIVERSALE
” I cannot solve the problem of life by losing myself in the problem of art.” Tina Modotti (August 16 (or 17) 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian photographer, model, actress, and revolutionary political activist. Tina Modotti with her arms raised Edward Weston, ca.1921
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Literature · Reflection
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD ~ THE BEAUTY OF LITERATURE
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
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LEO TOLSTOY ~ SPRING
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) Spring Flowers Oil on panel
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Literature · Reflection
ANAIS NIN ~ WHY DO WE WRITE?
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anaïs Nin
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VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ COUNTING UP
“Often on a wet day I begin counting up; what I’ve read and what I haven’t read.” Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts
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SAUL BELLOW ~ WRITING AT NIGHT
“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.” Saul Bellow
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A TRUE SENTENCE
“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” Ernest Hemingway
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