#myst

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. ↗

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings. ↗

— Balthus

#desire #extraordinary #feel #i #i always

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#arms #being #being human #dance #dancing

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#i #i think #i write #me #mysterious

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world. ↗

— Leonard Bernstein

#artist #away #energies #feeling #follows

If he can't reach you he can't hit you If he can't hit you he can't hurt you ↗

— Arun D. Ellis

#fighting #martial-arts #mystery #thriller #war

I am that is, my sword shall wield for me. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#mysticism

We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character. ↗

— John Dickson Carr

#love

Nice sweater Bob, does it come in mens? ↗