Art Being Therapeutic Quotes

#1. Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy.

Mary Ruefle

#2. We cannibals must help these Christians.

Herman Melville

#3. Time was to sin and to enjoy, time was to scoff at God and at the warnings of His holy church, time was to defy His majesty, to disobey His commands, to hoodwink one's fellow men, to commit sin after sin and to hide one's corruption from the sight of men.

James Joyce

#4. it cost me more, but I have nothing to fear.

Alexandre Dumas

#5. Mr. Clark." Free almost wanted to laugh. "Do you suppose I had myself committed to a hospital for prostitutes afflicted with venereal disease by telling everyone the truth all the time? Sometimes, the truth needs a little assistance.

Courtney Milan

#6. Boys are very like men to be sure.

Charles Dickens

#7. The fun part (the part where it doesn't feel like work at all) is when you're actually creating something wonderful, and everything's going great, and everyone loves it, and you're flying high. But such instants are rare.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#8. When you are not treated seriously, you develop comically. Its sense of oneself is so fractured and fragile that it's like the picked-on kid who has to become funny.

Scott Thompson

#9. I don't have a lavish lifestyle.

Roger Wang

#10. It is well known that I am pro-life ... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people.

Stockwell Day

#11. In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish.

Steve Erickson