"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."

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"The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art."

Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

Government, Evening, Writer

"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

Education, Goals, Agriculture, Democracy

"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."

Love, Thought, Books, Reading

"I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle."

Life, Battle, Help

"I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while."

Love, Poetry, Relax

"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."

Society, Expression, Freedom, Right

"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

Thought, Writer

"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."

Peace, Work, Media

"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."

Constitution, Now, Opinions, Press

"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."

History, Society, People, Ideas

Exlpore more Art quotes

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Art, Appearance

"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Truth, Lie

"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Art, Soul, Man

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Truth, Lie

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Art,

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Painting

"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Art, Work, Theories

"The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Art, Gods, Poets

"The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable."

Barack Obama, American President

Art, Remarkable, Space, Today

"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Art, Science, Truth, Error