Paulo Coelho Quotes About Art

• We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

  Paulo Coelho

  Art, Thinking, Answers

  "Coelho Explores Goddesses in 'Witch of Portobello'". Interview with John Ydstie, www.npr.org. June 9, 2007.

• Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public

  Paulo Coelho

  Art, Writing, Poetry

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 09, 2011

• I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

  Paulo Coelho

  Patience, Art, Exercise

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 09, 2017

• Believing that art is either worth a fortune or worth nothing at all.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Art, Believe

• Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Art, Inspiration

• Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression.

  Paulo Coelho

  Goodbye, Art, Couple

• I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is a bridge that allows different cultures to connect. You may not understand your neighbour's way of seeing life, but you sure understand your neighbour's joy in painting or dancing.

  Paulo Coelho

  Art, Book, Thinking

• Creativity is basically a feminine process. I'm convinced that we have in our soul, everybody, this masculine side and this feminine side. So at the end of the day, you always use this feminine creative energy to write or to do any type of art or creativity. So if I see that my protagonist is feminine, it's not more difficult, no. And even when my protagonist is masculine, I'm writing from using this feminine energy.

  Paulo Coelho

  Art, Creativity, Writing

  "Book Talk: Paulo Coelho on life, work and 'Adultery'". Interview with Lisa Von Ahn, www.reuters.com. November 13, 2014.

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