“The muse ushers the artist into the empty room and points silently at the tightrope.”
- Jean Cocteau
Tags: literary quotes, writing quotes
“The muse ushers the artist into the empty room and points silently at the tightrope.”
- Jean Cocteau
Tags: literary quotes, writing quotes
October 22, 2008 at 6:22 am
Hi Michelle!
Welcome to poetry-blogging! This quote is fantastic.
xxoodeb
October 22, 2008 at 6:49 am
Deb, I’ve been made to feel so welcome. Thank you.
October 22, 2008 at 10:14 am
Good morning, you *grin*! Yes, a fantastic quote, I love the tightrope metaphor. Did I mention how pleased I am you’re blogging?
October 22, 2008 at 10:28 am
Good morning, bright spirit! I’m going to email you.
October 22, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Wonderful metaphor – one that will stay with me
October 22, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Hi Susan! Yes, writing (art) as a solitary balancing act.
October 22, 2008 at 2:55 pm
A quote is a great way to interact on a blog. This one provokes thought and gets the gears of creativity going. It made me think of a mime.
October 22, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I know. I’ve been wanting to write a circus poem for some time …
Karl Wallenda, the founder of The Flying Wallendas, said:
“Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.”
I believe he fell to his death.
October 24, 2008 at 11:30 pm
can’t get better than that, hey@@@@@!!!!
October 25, 2008 at 8:20 am
Helge!
November 13, 2008 at 1:28 am
“The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.”
November 13, 2008 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the sexy Cocteau quote, Babe.
November 19, 2008 at 6:54 am
What a wonderful place to begin your series of quotes, with Cocteau. One of my favourites quotes is one of his. “There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.”