the artist is not separate from the work and therefore cannot judge it. Madeleine L'Engle More Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle More Quotes From Madeleine L'Engle We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are. Madeleine L'Engle turnsshowsstories If I didn't get fond I could be happy all the time. Madeleine L'Engle ifs Art is communication. Madeleine L'Engle art-iscommunicationart George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his. Madeleine L'Engle menpeopleson When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens. Madeleine L'Engle interfereartistway Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. Madeleine L'Engle alivecouragestories People become trustworthy when they are trusted. Madeleine L'Engle trustworthytrustedpeople Anger is not bitterness. Bitterness can go on eating at a man's heart and mind forever. Anger spends itself in its own time. Madeleine L'Engle foreverheartmen That's a sure way to tell about somebody--the way they play, or don't play, make-believe. Madeleine L'Engle playbelieveway Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling. Madeleine L'Engle creativityinspirationallife With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me. Madeleine L'Engle convincedwritingbook Are anybody's parents typical? Madeleine L'Engle parenthoodtypicalparent If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. Madeleine L'Engle matterartreligion I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy. Madeleine L'Engle optimismtragedybelieve No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed. Madeleine L'Engle truthwritingbelieve Like and equal are two entirely different things. Madeleine L'Engle differentlanguagetwo Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves. Madeleine L'Engle marriagewovenself A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a current book has to be deferred until it can be seen outside this present moment. Madeleine L'Engle judgementbookart All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as they grow older. Madeleine L'Engle creativityartistchildren We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we'll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them. Madeleine L'Engle life-and-lovetakenwriting
