I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am rich with living.
Sherwood AndersonRead
The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art serves as a means of self-rediscovery rather than a mere commercial endeavor.
This quote emphasizes the intrinsic value of creating art, suggesting that the primary purpose of artistic expression is personal salvation and self-exploration rather than the pursuit of profit. Sherwood Anderson implies that through art, individuals can connect with their true selves, find meaning, and express their inner experiences, transcending the constraints of market demands.
Themes
ArtSelf-DiscoveryExpressionCreativityPurpose
In practice
Example use cases
Discussing the purpose of art in a classroom setting.
More from Sherwood Anderson
All quotes βIt was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.
Sherwood AndersonRead
Similar quotes
The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece of carpeting, empty and naked plains, silent and uninterrupted stretches with nothing to alter the homogeneity of their continuity. I love wide, homogenous worlds, unstaked, unlimited like the sea, like high snows, deserts, and steppes.
Jean DubuffetRead
It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
Rachel CuskRead
When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.
Wynonna JuddRead
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lieβ True Poems fleeβ
Emily DickinsonRead
Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the veil was drawn away. Sometimes this was the effect of art, and chiefly of the art of literature, which dealt immediately with the passions and the intellect.
Oscar WildeRead
The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading
Vladimir NabokovRead