Willa Cather Quote

Every artist knows that there is no such thing as "freedom" in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the barriers and limitations; he decides upon a certain composition, a certain key, a certain relation of creatures or objects to each other. He is never free, and the more splendid his imagination, the more intense his feeling, the farther he goes from general truth and general emotion.

"Light on Adobe Walls" - Willa Cather on Writing (1949)

Every artist knows that there is no such thing as freedom in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the...

Every artist knows that there is no such thing as freedom in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the...

Every artist knows that there is no such thing as freedom in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the...

Every artist knows that there is no such thing as freedom in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the...