My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Anais Nin Quotes

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...