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"But I never get any sense of accomplishment if I have done nothing but housework, partly because it is never 'done' once and for all."
pg 186

"It [Real Joy] is becoming exceedingly rare among artists of any kind. And I have an idea that those who can and do communicate it are always people who have had a hard time. Then the joy has no smugness or self-righteousness in it, is inclusive not exclusive, and comes close to prayer."

"I feel cluttered when there is no time to analyze experience. That is the silt - unexplored experience that literally chokes the mind.

"Gardening, [as opposed to chores], is altogether different. There the door is always open into the "holy" - growth, birth, death. Every flower holds the whole mystery in its short cycle..." pg 118

"Each day, and living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and some pure foolishness." pg 109
also
the idea of composition without imposition - when speaking of a painting. Interesting concept.

interesting - I don't recall from previous reading - many years ago - recognizing that Ms Sarton is lesbian, although she unmistakably says so outright. Wonder how I missed that - and if it really matters in how I view her.