My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author sees their entire existence as a cry, with all creative work merely explaining that pain.
- In plain terms
- My work just explains the pain I feel inside.
- What can you take from it?
- Art often expresses deep inner pain or longing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does your work say about your pain?
- Why do you create?
Another view
Not all work stems from personal suffering.
More from Nikos Kazantzakis
The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Aw…
Permalink to quote #135 Every man worthy of being called a son of man bears his cross and mounts his Golgotha. Many, indeed most, reach the first or second step, collapse pantingly in…
Permalink to quote #137 * What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.
Permalink to quote #134
Related quotes
The lesson is that dying men must groan; And poets groan in rhymes that please the ear.
John WainJohn Wain quote #1 With this painting, I tried to make everything breathe faith, quiet suffering, religious and primitive style and great nature with its scream.
Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin quote #2 Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
Henri MatisseHenri Matisse quote #7