Nathalie Sarraute Professions : Writer Born : July 18, 1900 Died : October 19, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Nathalie Sarraute Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing. Nathalie Sarraute locked feminist writing Poetry is what makes the invisible appear. Nathalie Sarraute invisible poetry-is We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen. Nathalie Sarraute willing happens It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles. Nathalie Sarraute people art moving I don't for a minute think that Hitler is like Joan of Arc. But I think that at that deep level of tropisms, Hitler or Stalin must have experienced the same tropisms as anyone else. Nathalie Sarraute minutes levels thinking For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible. Nathalie Sarraute visible invisible poetry The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading. Nathalie Sarraute creative reading trying One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Nathalie Sarraute poet writing people Le mot 'psychologie'est un de ceux qu'aucun auteur d'aujourd'hui ne peut entendre prononcer a' son sujet sans baisser les yeux et rougir. The word 'psychology' is one that no author today can hear said about her work without lowering her eyes and blushing. Nathalie Sarraute psychology eye son It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. Nathalie Sarraute copying mind looks I have never sought the reason why I write. Nathalie Sarraute reason reason-why writing Neither reproaches nor encouragements are able to revive a faith that is waning. Nathalie Sarraute able encouragement faith I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well. Nathalie Sarraute france impression week One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read. Nathalie Sarraute very-good writing opportunity The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. Nathalie Sarraute catharsis kind writing Chacun peut e prouver en soi ce double mouvement: de s ir de s'inte grer a' la socie te , besoin de se re aliser par soi-me" me en dehors d'elle. We all have this double impulse within ourselves: the desire to integrate into society, and the need to fulfil ourselves outside of it, through our own efforts. Nathalie Sarraute effort desire needs Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps. Nathalie Sarraute humans steps world Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium. Nathalie Sarraute equilibrium morbid reactions All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is. Nathalie Sarraute everything-happens-for-a-reason psychological research The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. Nathalie Sarraute novel art moving Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
