The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike, where it hurts. It knows the vulnerable spot, and life does not, our friends and lovers do not, because seldom do they have the imagination equal to the task.
Anais Ninshe acquired the certainty of the expansion of time by depth of emotion, range and infinite multiplicity of experience.
Anais NinThe 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.
Anais NinMy life is not possible to tell. I change every day, change my patterns, my concepts, my interpretations. I am a series of moods and sensations. I play a thousand roles. I weep when I find others play them for me. My real self is unknown. My work is merely an essence of this vast and deep adventure.
Anais Nin