Loren Eiseley - Artist Quotes

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It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

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The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

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Some degree of withdrawal serves to nurture man's creative powers. The artist and the scientist bring out of the dark void, like the mysterious universe itself, the unique, the strange, the unexpected. Numerous observers have testified upon the loneliness of the process.

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