Charles de Lint

The best artists know what to leave out. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#best #know #leave #out

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#few #only #see #sight #them

The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#fey #only #see #sight #them

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#does #essentially #goal #leading #part

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#few #joys #tale #telling

When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#end #how #lead #much #road

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#hard #keep #life #like #meaning

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? ↗

— Charles de Lint

#beyond #churches #dark #did #doors

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#dried #expected #fled #growth #inspiration

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#cold #cold iron #confine #fettered #first