Pat Schneider quotes

“To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press

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“If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whisker—you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you won’t be ‘caught,’ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in it—you will be mine.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA

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“And what is more generous than a window?”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2013). “How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice”, p.233, Oxford University Press

#Window Quotes #Generous Quotes

“Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA

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“A writer is someone who writes!”
-- Pat Schneider

#Writing Quotes

“Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.206, Oxford University Press

#Art Quotes #Educational Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press

#Art Quotes #Communication Quotes #Healing Quotes

“When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.”
-- Pat Schneider

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.42, Oxford University Press

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“The traditional difficulty of balancing the mechanical with the imaginative schools of photography still operates. In schools of photography meaningful art education is often lacking and on the strength of their technical ability alone students, deprived of a richer artistic training, are sent forth inculcated with the belief that they are creative photographers and artists. It is yet a fact that today, as in the past, the most inspiring and provocative works in photography come as much (and probably more) from those who are in the first place artists.”

“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”

“I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.”

“I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.”

“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan

“I can write better than anyone who can write faster,”

“I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.”

“When a passion is not realized ... it fades away, or becomes ideal worship--Dante--Petrarch--that sort of thing!”

“It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.”

“When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.”