When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.
Beauty arises out of human inspiration.
Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.
The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.
When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist.
I don't believe that a writer does something wonderful spontaneously. I believe it's the result of years of living, of study, reading, his very personality and temperament. At one particular moment, all these come together and the artist 'expresses' himself.
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.
Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.
One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.
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