Quote for Today- Patrick White
Quote for Today
Patrick White was an Australian fiction writer with 12 novels, 8 plays, 3 short story collections, and a Nobel Prize in Literature to his credit. He certainly would know a thing or two about the nature of inspiration.
For me hidden in the humor of this statement is the assurance that inspiration to fuel our creativity will come. We don't have to frantically try to save it up for a rainy day; but rather be open to the "flashes" which meet the needs of the moment. That takes some of the pressure off, doesn't it?
"Inspiration descends only in flashes, to clothe circumstances;
it is not stored up in a barrel, like salt herrings, to be doled out."
Patrick White (1912-1990)
Patrick White was an Australian fiction writer with 12 novels, 8 plays, 3 short story collections, and a Nobel Prize in Literature to his credit. He certainly would know a thing or two about the nature of inspiration.
For me hidden in the humor of this statement is the assurance that inspiration to fuel our creativity will come. We don't have to frantically try to save it up for a rainy day; but rather be open to the "flashes" which meet the needs of the moment. That takes some of the pressure off, doesn't it?
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