and I glory in it --
I steal from the present and from the glorious past -- and I stand in the
dark of the future as a glorying & joyous thief -- There are so many
wonderful things of the imagination to pilfer -- so I stand accused-
I am a thief -- but with this reservation -- I think I know the value of
that I steal & treasure it for all time -- not as a possession but as a
heritage & as legacy
- Martha Graham, The Notebooks of Martha Graham
The artist is a thief. Once admitted, one "may become one's 'calling,' one's 'destiny,' one's 'fame' -- one's 'immortality' --
The beginning, I'm finding, is delicious.
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