“Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.”
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Anaïs Nin 278
writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903–1977Related quotes
“Greatness in art is always a by-product.”
Source: Art on the Edge, (1975), p. 231, "Shall These Bones Live?: Art Movement Ghosts"
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
Malvolio, Act II, scene v.
Variant: Some are born great, others achieve greatness.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601)
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”
As quoted in Book of Humorous Quotations (1998), by Connie Robertson, p. 29.
“Difficult and great sacrifices always lead to something better.”
Original: Grandi e difficili sacrifici portano sempre a qualcosa di migliore.
Source: prevale.net
B.B. King http://www1.gitarrebass.de/magazine/0008/top10.htm
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