The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
A novelist can get by on story, but the poet has nothing but the words.
An artist cannot do anything slovenly.
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
An artist sees that which does not yet exist. He or she imagines a future others cannot perceive. The artist - and the writer - reshapes reality so that it becomes even more vivid and lasting.
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
Artists talk in 'art speak.'
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