The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Art Quotes, Choice Quotes

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

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

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 don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are...

I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are...

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...

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

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...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

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 shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

I want to live my life, not record it.

I want to live my life, not record it.

Life's such a movie, filmed independent, us against the city.

Life's such a movie, filmed independent, us against the city.