Reads tagged with “out of print”
Visionary Photographer Edward Weston on the Importance of Cross-Disciplinary Curiosity in Creative Work
“In this age of communication… who can be free from influence, — preconception? But — it all depends upon what one does with this cross-fertilization: — is it digested, or does it bring indigestion?”
Thomas Mann on Justice, Human Dignity, and Why We Must Keep Revising and Renewing Our Ideals
“To come close to art means to come close to life, and if an appreciation of the dignity of man is the moral definition of democracy, then its psychological definition arises out of its determination to reconcile and combine knowledge and art, mind and life, thought and deed.”
George Sand’s Only Children’s Book: A Touching Parable of Choosing Kindness and Generosity Over Cynicism and Greed, with Stunning Illustrations by Russian Artist Gennady Spirin
“It is written in the book of destiny that any mortal who dedicates himself to doing good must risk everything, including life itself.”
Borges on Turning Trauma, Misfortune, and Humiliation into Raw Material for Art
“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.”
Loving vs. Being in Love: Jane Welsh Carlyle on Navigating the Heart’s Contradictions
“A passion, like the torrent in the violence of its course, might perhaps too, like the torrent, leave ruin and desolation behind… My love for you… is deep and calm, more like the quiet river, which refreshes and beautifies where it flows.”
Arthur Rackham’s Stunning 1926 Illustrations for “The Tempest”
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
The Year of the Whale: A Lyrical Illustrated Serenade to One of Our Planet’s Most Precious Creatures
“Moving through a dim, dark, cool, watery world of its own, the whale is timeless and ancient; part of our common heritage and yet remote, awful, prowling the ocean floor a half-mile down, under the guidance of powers and senses we are only beginning to grasp.”
Meeting Virginia Woolf
“She just walked across, very shyly, and stood there looking absolutely beautiful. She was much more beautiful than any of the photographs show.”
Anton Chekhov’s 6 Rules for a Great Story
Mastering the essential complementarity of compassion and total objectivity.
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