To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Quotations
Silence
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
I've never realized that I would learn, understand, and realize a lot of things from being silent
-Anonymous
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world’s sounds.
-Paul Brunton "Paul Brunton"
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
