“An artist must be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.”
— Francis Bacon, Irish-born British painter (1909-92)
Or, as writers often say to each other, “it’s all material.”
The Saturday Creativity Quote
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The Saturday Writing Quote
Seen on the whiteboard outside The Book Stop in Hood River, Oregon:
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.”
— Francis Bacon, 1561-1626