In order to create the universal you must pay very great attention to the specific.
– Lorraine Hansberry
Tag: attention
Quotable 408
People are always coming up with new theories of the novel, but the main one is: Hold My Attention.
– Margaret Atwood
Quotable 330
Art is a summoning of attention. To create it requires the highest directed focus, as does experiencing it.
– Sven Birkerts
Quotable 268
A writer is someone who pays attention to the world – a writer is a professional observer.
– Susan Sontag
Quotable 102
Writing is an act of paying attention, and if you don’t care about the difference between “their” and “there” or “needle” and “noodle,” then I am sorry for you.
– Garrison Keillor
haiku 212
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