Puertas de fuego (Grijalbo Mondadori, 1999), de Steven Pressfield.
I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.
Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere.
Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
A loving heart, determination, faith, courage, trust, belief, truth, and a solid soul create the wings with which we fly.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
The best fighter is never angry.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.