Anaïs Nin IPA:
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“There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions”
Anais Nin
“My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.”
“The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements”
“People living deeply have no fear of death.”
“I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.”
“I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself”
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”
“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.”
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
“He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.”