May Sarton Quotes

I'm a man, I'm not just a fashion designer.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

I was just a very creative kid.

There's something about being a woman and being able to dress up in men's clothing, so to speak.

I had a bit of a reputation as a tomboy.

In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.

I gave my genius to my life, but my talent to my art.

Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or their culture broadest, but those who have had the power, ceasing in a moment to live only for themselves, to make use of their personality as of a mirror.

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

I know I have a fairly strong feminine side. I find myself really distanced from male behavior.

Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces.

I am a New Yorker, one; I'm an artist, two; I'm a woman, three.

I think Harold Ramis is a genius beyond genius, and he's the nicest guy, funniest guy, sweetest guy ever. So I don't know if it applies to everybody, but maybe it has to do with your childhood.

Inspiration and genius -one and the same.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others.

Genius does not need a special language; it uses newly whatever tongue it finds.

Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein

Craziness in a shoe is great - you can have much more freedom, you can exaggerate and it doesn't feel stupid. But to have too much craziness near your face, that would just feel weird.

There is no need to create. Genius comes only to those who know how to use their eyes and their intelligence.

Lady Gaga is not a diva, and she's not crazy. She's just an incredibly nice, down-to-earth person who really cares about art and creativity. It's pretty amazing to be able to work with her. I'm pretty grateful for that.

For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.

Deeds are males, words females are.

I suppose maybe [Wilson] would be a better person if he were able to censor himself, but then he wouldn't be as interesting.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.