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Lewis Hyde Quotes

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers Picture Quote #1

The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own Picture Quote #1

We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds Picture Quote #1

Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most artists are converted to art by art itself. Finding one’s voice isn’t just an emptying and purifying oneself of the words of others but an adopting and embracing of filiations, communities, and discourses. Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos. Any artist knows these truths, no matter how deeply he or she submerges that knowing Picture Quote #1

Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage Picture Quote #1

Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no way at all but to have instead the wit constantly to make one’s way anew from the materials at hand Picture Quote #1

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The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies. We are lightened when our gifts rise from pools we cannot fathom. Then we know they are not a solitary egotism and they are inexhaustible Picture Quote #1

Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved. When gifts circulate within a group, their commerce leaves a series of interconnected relationships in its wake, and a kind of decentralized cohesiveness emerges Picture Quote #1

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers Picture Quote #1

Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through the faithful representation of the spirit. It is a political act to create an image of the self or of the collective Picture Quote #1

An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation Picture Quote #1

When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts Picture Quote #1

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There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die Picture Quote #1

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But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers (Lewis Hyde Quotes) The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own (Lewis Hyde Quotes) We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds (Lewis Hyde Quotes) Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most artists are converted to art by art itself. Finding one’s voice isn’t just an emptying and purifying oneself of the words of others but an adopting and embracing of filiations, communities, and discourses. Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos. Any artist knows these truths, no matter how deeply he or she submerges that knowing (Lewis Hyde Quotes) Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage (Lewis Hyde Quotes) Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no way at all but to have instead the wit constantly to make one’s way anew from the materials at hand (Lewis Hyde Quotes) The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies. We are lightened when our gifts rise from pools we cannot fathom. Then we know they are not a solitary egotism and they are inexhaustible (Lewis Hyde Quotes) Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved. When gifts circulate within a group, their commerce leaves a series of interconnected relationships in its wake, and a kind of decentralized cohesiveness emerges (Lewis Hyde Quotes) True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers (Lewis Hyde Quotes) Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through the faithful representation of the spirit. It is a political act to create an image of the self or of the collective (Lewis Hyde Quotes) An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation (Lewis Hyde Quotes) When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts (Lewis Hyde Quotes) There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die (Lewis Hyde Quotes)