De Marigny Quotes & Sayings

There's a difference between the 'art' of writing and the 'craft' of writing. Art is subjective, its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, but craft is objective. There is a right way and a wrong way to craft. — Gerard De Marigny

The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host. — Gerard De Marigny

there is a type of flower that can bloom only in the desert of doubt. Faith that we elect to profess in the absence of certainty is an offering that is entirely free, unconditioned, and utterly authentic. Such a gesture represents our considered and chosen response to the universe, our assent to what we find beautiful and worthy and deserving of our risk. We — Terryl L. Givens

Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I didn't do impressions. I was a stand-up. — Kevin Nealon

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art. — Gerard De Marigny

Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen. — BD Wong

Goals are your destinations in life; objectives are the stops along the way. — Gerard De Marigny

A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved. — Gerard De Marigny

Look to see what you are doing today. Is this how you choose to define yourself? Look to see what you are thinking today. Is this what you wish to create? — Neale Donald Walsch

As important as color is to a painting, or wings to a bird. Music injects vibrancy to film and makes it soar! — Gerard De Marigny

To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions. — Gerard De Marigny

There's something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself ... I just can't remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself) — Gerard De Marigny

Of all the most devastating sounds in the universe, silence is the most powerful. — Gerard De Marigny

I have a good face for what I do. — Rufus Wainwright

God does not like lazy people, He likes those who work — Sunday Adelaja

Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed. — Gerard De Marigny

There is no relationship between bliss and peace. Peace is dependent on the pudgal (Complex of intake and output; body complex) while bliss is the nature of the Self (the Soul). — Dada Bhagwan

I'd had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I've been sort of part of the culture, part of the geography, since I was quite young - the imprint was there. — Charlotte Rampling

It is a fact that many of the wars and conflicts happening all over the world are aggravated or fought strictly for geopolitical fossil fuel energy interests, and many of the world's most dangerous regimes are funded by fossil fuel dollars. — Mark Ruffalo

The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement; and a musician's loneliness echoes in his performance. — Gerard De Marigny

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. — Brody Armstrong

Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting! — Gerard De Marigny

Of all the hardships and deprivations a people can suffer, I am not sure if the deprivations of art and culture are not the most devastating. As meat and rice are food for the body, art and culture are food for the soul. Starve the body and the person dies; starve the soul and the spirit dies. — Gerard De Marigny

I told a doctor once, Doc, if you want to know what's inside of me, put down the x-ray and pick up my novel! — Gerard De Marigny

God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a book. For me, there is no more noble a cause and no more honorable a vocation than to say, like Him, I am a writer. — Gerard De Marigny

I liked to think I had a tough everything, but I did have one weakness. One. In my entire child/woman body, and we both knew it. Dante. He was the chink in my armor. My soft underbelly. — R.K. Lilley

Every success is the mother of countless others. — Henry Ford

Ideas are like the flint stone of wondrous works. You scratch at them until a spark flies ... then the world catches fire. — Gerard De Marigny