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That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by

That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by a wave and swept to shore. He's obsessed by his material; it's like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.

Truman Capote
Art, Jobs, Blood
Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.172, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

Truman Capote
Art, Fun, Writing

A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.

Truman Capote
Art, Design, Magic
Truman Capote (2013). “Portraits and Observations”, p.385, Modern Library

If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it....for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.

Truman Capote
Art, Mystery, Solve

All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

Truman Capote
Art, Motivation, Spring
Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.19, Univ. Press of Mississippi

That's not writing, that's typing

Truman Capote
Art, Writing, Entertainment
Lawrence Grobel, Truman Capote (1985). “Conversations with Capote”, E P Dutton

All artists are two-headed calves.

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Art, Artist, Two
Lawrence Grobel, Truman Capote (1986). “Conversations with Capote”, Plume

Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

Truman Capote
Art, Motivation, Spring
Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.19, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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