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The Artist’s Reality: Mark Rothko’s Little-Known Writings on Art, Artists, and What the Notion of Plasticity Reveals about Storytelling
“While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.”
How Van Gogh Found His Purpose: Heartfelt Letters to His Brother on How Relationships Refine Us
“Does what goes on inside show on the outside? Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney.”
Artist Francis Bacon’s Conflicted and Creative Life, Illustrated
“It’s all so meaningless, we may as well be extraordinary.”
William S. Burroughs and Tennessee Williams Talk Writing, Drugs, and Death in 1977
“Deliberate, conscienceless mendacity, the acceptance of falsehood and hypocrisy, is the most dangerous of all sins.”
Joni Mitchell on Therapy and the Creative Mind
“An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.”
Van Gogh on Principles, Talking vs. Doing, and the Human Pursuit of Greatness
“Principles are good and worth the effort only when they develop into deeds… The great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.”
2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully
How to be alone, wake up from illusion, master the art of asking, fathom your place in the universe, and more.
The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light
“In a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.”
Why “Psychological Androgyny” Is Essential for Creativity
“Creative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too.”
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