I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteRead
It's a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The struggle of creativity involves grappling with a blank canvas and the pressure to produce something extraordinary.
This quote by Truman Capote highlights the intense challenge that artists and writers face when confronting a blank page, symbolizing the daunting task of creativity. It conveys the idea that creating art involves a profound internal struggle, as one must reach into their imagination and bring forth ideas that are often lofty and abstract, akin to pulling something from the clouds.
Themes
CreativityStruggleArtImaginationExpression
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared in a creative writing workshop to emphasize the struggles of writers.
More from Truman Capote
All quotes →All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.
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No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.
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I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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