Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
Stephen SondheimRead
White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the limitless potential inherent in starting with a blank canvas or page.
Stephen Sondheim's quote emphasizes the opportunities that arise from a fresh start, symbolized by a blank page or canvas. This blank space invites creativity, imagination, and the chance to explore countless directions, highlighting how the absence of constraints can lead to profound artistic expression and innovation.
Themes
CreativityPossibilitiesArtBlank CanvasImagination
In practice
Example use cases
During an art class, to inspire students before they begin their projects.
More from Stephen Sondheim
All quotes βAfter the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
Stephen SondheimRead
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
Stephen SondheimRead
Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!
Stephen SondheimRead
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Stephen SondheimRead
Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell.
Stephen SondheimRead
Similar quotes
With the first novel, I was concerned I would be pigeon-holed as an Asian-American writer, and the book would be labeled for Asian-Americans only.
Celeste NgRead
I think that I still have it in my heart someday to paint a bookshop with the front yellow and pink in the evening...like a light in the midst of the darkness.
Vincent Van GoghRead
His friends said, "Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there?" and Bull said, "I like it because it's ugly." All his life was in that line.
Jack KerouacRead
To write a book is for all the world like humming a songβbe but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.
Laurence SterneRead
If you have a career like mine, which is so identified with Hollywood, with big studios and stars, you wonder if maybe you shouldn't go off and do what the world thinks of as more personal films with lesser-known people. But I think I've fooled everybody. I've made personal films all along. I just made them in another form.
Sydney PollackRead
A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.
Eugene DelacroixRead