Ada Louise Huxtable Quotes
Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!
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There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.
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Poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me. I like to poem my way through tricky questions and ideas. That's about the only consistent thread through my poem-creation process.
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Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.
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I add a smile to everything I wear and that has worked great for me.
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In an area where nothing was known, medicine had to draw on social lore.
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Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.
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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
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Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.
