“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
– Albert Camus
Art by René Magritte.
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Freedom
“Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
– Viktor Frankl
I choose to take in the wild sweet smell of the cherry flowers and forget about the sorrows and despairs pressed in my herbarium.
Art by Ohara Koson.
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Black and White
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”
–Coco Chanel
Photography art by Cecil Beaton.
The world
“The world is violent and mercurial — it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love — love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend.” – Tennesse Williams
Art by Howard Pyle.
Chaos
“Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul. And when he has made it, it is not given to all to know it. To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
Art by Paul Gauguin.
In The Moon and Sixpence, Somerset embodies the life-story of Paul Gauguin.
Time
“I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use, in such a way as to superimpose one part of the pattern upon another…”
– Vladimir Nabokov
Art by Viktor Mikailovich Vasnetsov.
Everything magical
“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.”
—Jenny Han
Art by Peregrine Heathcote.
Stuff your eyes with wonder…
“Stuff your eyes with wonder… live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
– Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)
Art by Charles Caryl Coleman.
Faeries
“Faeries are associated with wild untamed nature, with art, and with death – so the folklore is rich with different stories to explore”
– Holly Black
Art by John Simmons.
Art
“Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. An artists is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn’t matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.”― Seth Godin
Art by Eyvind Earle.
