When you talk to an author - to any artist, really - you learn something about how they do what they do. I've never come away from that kind of experience feeling disillusioned, as if the magician had explained his tricks. I always find a greater appreciation for the form. Rebecca Makkai appreciationartistauthor share on social
I've endlessly found myself in rooms of men and had the experience of feeling I wasn't being heard. It's a confidence thing. Sarah Gavron confidenceendlesslyexperience Change image and share on social
When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser. Marianne Moore appraisalappraiseappraiser Change image and share on social
The people who can step up my experience are those who have a common set of experiences with people I know. Think about it. How often did a total stranger come into your life to make your evening better? Not very often. But the friend of your friend? That happens all the time. Robert Scoble commonevenexperience share on social
Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost! Deborah Sampson childexperiencelose Change image and share on social
I do have my own personal convictions and values, and I live by those. But as an artist, as a portrait photographer, my job is to tell the truth and to capture someone's spirit on a certain day. And it's never the whole truth; it's the truth I experience in a very intense and intimate fashion. Platon artistcaptureconviction share on social
I believe being president of a private institution is a remarkable experience, but at Ohio State, it's a calling. Gordon Gee callexperienceinstitution Change image and share on social
It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place. Marya Hornbacher disparateeventexact share on social
I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time. Ingmar Bergman autobiographicaldreamemotion Change image and share on social
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. D. H. Lawrence attemptblooddeep Change image and share on social