If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer.
Interpretation
To be a writer, one must have an intrinsic passion for writing that dominates their thoughts.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote captures the essence of what it means to be a writer, suggesting that true writers are driven by an undeniable passion for the craft. The ability to wake up and immediately think of writing signifies a deep commitment and love for the art, indicating that writing is not just a profession but an integral part of one's identity.
In practice
In a workshop about nurturing creativity, one might say this quote to inspire aspiring writers.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?
That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters.
Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms.
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.
I'm totally crazy, I know that. I don't say that to be a smartass, but I know that that's the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that's fine. I don't do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can't not do it.
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
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