Susan Sontag
View AuthorI write to define myself, an act of self-creation, in a dialogue with myself, with writers I admire, both living and dead, and with ideal readers. Because it gives me pleasure. I'm not sure exactly what purpose my work serves.
Sorell
View AuthorThe dance is sculpture in motion.
Baruch Spinoza
View AuthorIdeas are not mute paintings on a slate; an idea, insofar as it is an idea, includes an affirmation or a negation.
John Steinbeck
View AuthorIdeas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn to care for them, and very soon you have a dozen.
George Steiner
View AuthorLiterary criticism often stems from a deficit of love.
George Steiner
View AuthorLooking back, the critic sees the shadow of a eunuch. Who would be a critic if they could be a writer?
Stendhal
View AuthorExcessively beautiful women are less surprising on the second day.
Wallace Stevens
View AuthorMoney is a kind of poetry.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
View AuthorSince man has existed, there has been music. But also, animals, atoms, and stars make music.
Antonio Tabucchi
View AuthorPersonally, I don't trust literature that soothes people's conscience.
Tacitus
View AuthorHe who gets angry at criticism, acknowledges that it was deserved.
Rabindranath Tagore
View AuthorEven if you pluck off its petals, you won't take away the beauty of the flower.