Gerard De Marigny Quotes

The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement; and a musician's loneliness echoes in his performance.

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art.

Of all the hardships and deprivations a people can suffer, I am not sure if the deprivations of art and culture are not the most devastating. As meat and rice are food for the body, art and culture are food for the soul. Starve the body and the person dies; starve the soul and the spirit dies.

God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a book. For me, there is no more noble a cause and no more honorable a vocation than to say, like Him, I am a writer.

Trust is the action of faith.

I told a doctor once, Doc, if you want to know what's inside of me, put down the x-ray and pick up my novel!

As important as color is to a painting, or wings to a bird. Music injects vibrancy to film and makes it soar!

There's something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself ... I just can't remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself)

A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.

The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.

Ideas are like the flint stone of wondrous works. You scratch at them until a spark flies ... then the world catches fire.

Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed.

Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting!