To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.
-Louise Bourgeois
Quotations
Silence
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
-Richard Yates
"A Good School"
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.
-Thomas Carlyle
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
-Confucius
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
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
The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
