An Artist
"What does it mean "to write well"?
An artist--using the word in its genuine rather than childish meaning-is not a craftsman who knows how to evenly distribute "lively images", "telling details of everyday life", "colorful landscapes", and other trifles in his books; an artist is the one who finds a rhythm unknown before, and enlives and permeates the world he has created by this rhythm."
-Nabokov
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Studio Sparta
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and,
while it is true that the suicide braves death,
he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill
Nettie,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite work by The Philosopher. That is stunning you picked the Ethics for a quote about our shoot.
-Mike Arledge
Studio Sparta