Ernest J. Gaines Quote

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.


Conversations with Ernest Gaines (ed. 1995)


The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some...

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some...

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some...

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some...