To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Quotations
Silence
When the world is too loud, silence is my only voice.
-Nouf Alfadl
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.
-Nicholas Sparks
"The Notebook"
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions.
-Steve Maraboli
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-Elbert Hubbard
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
-Henry David Thoreau
When your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Nights in Rodanthe"
