A quote that confirms my feeling about many writers...
'Real artists are not nice people. All their best feelings go into their work and life has the residue'
- WH Auden
posted by Woz at 8:46 pm
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- WH Auden
5 Comments:
That's kind of a sad thought. I know so many artists who are wonderful people.
8:57 pm
Well, that's Auden for you. But I never said that it applied to all writers...
...for an alternative view, please try this:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/pamuk-lecture_en.html
9:04 pm
"great art comes from great conflict"
2:35 pm
Thanks, Reading Liberal! But we mustn't forget that Auden's comment was about the artist rather than the art.
2:39 pm
mmm, but what is an artist who makes no art?
Is it possible to separate one's work from one's life?
Not completely, I think.
3:01 pm
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