Beatrice M. Hinkle Professions : Writer Born : 1874 Died : 1953 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Beatrice M. Hinkle The mystics are the only ones who have gained a glimpse into what is possible when this same capacity [for creation] is used primarily in the service of the individual himself instead of for the creation of art. Beatrice M. Hinkle glimpse creation art The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds. Beatrice M. Hinkle creating mind desire Fundamentally the male artist approximates more to the psychology of woman, who, biologically speaking, is a purely creative being and whose personality has been as mysterious and unfathomable to the man as the artist has been to the average person. Beatrice M. Hinkle artist average men When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which man finds himself. Beatrice M. Hinkle resistance men reality The artist always has been and still is a being somewhat apart from the rest of humanity. Beatrice M. Hinkle stills humanity art There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is. Beatrice M. Hinkle psychology philosophy art The attitude and reactions of artists toward their art children reveal an attitude similar to that which mothers in general possess toward their children. There is the same sensitivity to any criticism, the same possessive pride. Beatrice M. Hinkle mother children art The amount which cannot be harnessed and domesticated, but insists on its own form of activity rather than one which is offered ready made, is the energy used for the creation of art. Beatrice M. Hinkle creation energy art . . . woman is a being dominated by the creative urge and . . . no understanding of her as an individual can be gained unless the significance and effects of that great fact can be grasped. Beatrice M. Hinkle understanding creative facts Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
