Anne Truitt Quotes

I have no home but me.

the self be yourself

Generosity is often the stalking horse of control.

generosity

I had forgotten what sleep is like—a kingdom all its own.

sleep

I have slowly come to realize that a family is composed of people who are teaching one another.

family

The finest teaching touches in a student a spring neither teacher nor student could possibly have preconceived.

teaching

The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own most intimate sensitivity.

artists