What is art but a way of seeing?

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Art Quotes

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...