The Creative Process

“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.” ~Sherwood Anderson

by OneWhirld | Sep 29, 2026 | art, authors

Sherwood Anderson (1878-1941) was a short story writer and novelist. His most notable work is his collection of short stories about a fictional small town. | Amazon | Winesburg, Ohio:audio

“If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you. It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.” ~ Maxwell Anderson

by OneWhirld | Sep 28, 2026 | art, authors

Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959), a playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist, was brought up in Jamestown, North Dakota. Many of Anderson’s plays focused on liberty and justice; he was fired from several positions (once as a high school teacher in ND for...

“Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same, absolutely.” ~ Josef Albers

by OneWhirld | Sep 27, 2026 | art, creativity, science

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“People create stories create people or rather stories create people create stories.”~ Chinua Achebe

by OneWhirld | Sep 27, 2026 | art, authors, creativity, justice

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. FYI – The title of Things Fall Apart is from a line in William Butler Yeats poem “The Second Coming”.