My legs were towers between whichA new world was passing.
Audre Lorde
Source: Cries of The Spirit, Pages: 69 (Now That I Am Forever...)
Contributed by: Tsuya
I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says, "Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me."
Madeleine L'Engle
Source: Walking On Water: Reflections On Faith and Art
Everything is gestation and then birthing.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Source: Letters to a Young Poet (Vintage), Pages: 23
Roar, Lion of the Heart, and tear me open!
Mevlana Rumi (1207 - 1273)
Source: The Illuminated Rumi (Coleman Barks translation), p. 45
Contributed by: Court