Never forget: Zelda had a gift for words, too. Muses aren’t always mute.
Zelda Fitzgerald Quote Poster
“The slivers of artistic vision which she was able to develop reveal a singular sensibility, her raw ability yielding under a surprisingly effective command. Zelda Fitzgerald is, possibly, best known as the ultimate liver of life, a rare talent at which she excelled with panache, humour, and fortitude. She was also a creator of things beautiful, witty, complex, and sensual. How much was left unrealized, we will never know: that answer died with her in a sanitarium fire, on 10 March 1948.
The greatest work of art that it is in our limited power to create is that which we salvage, fashion, and edit from the raw material of our lives. Zelda Fitzgerald, in potential and adversity, made much of what she was given, as a human being and as an artist.”-from Zelda: The Other Fitzgerald, by Alicia Austen
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That is a pungent quote – very sensual. She must have been a force to reckon with.
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By all accounts!
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Muses aren’t always mute. Brilliant!
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Thanks, Momma!
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Awesome quote.. very new to me..thanks for sharing
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My pleasure. Zelda wrote a bunch of articles and one (completed and published) novel. She was also a painter and dancer.
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That quote made me gasp. Out loud.
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Good. I’m glad. That reaction is what I was hoping for.
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So, I’m the only teacher on my hall who actually thinks she was a better writer than F.Scott. I’m probably one of the very few people who believes that, but reading her letters to him, swoon. She writes the most delicious words.
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I disagree and agree simultaneously. He only beats her by sheer breadth of output. I think she was a more compelling writer and had a stunning instinct for language. Do I think she would have been better than F. Scott if she’d had all of the tools (time, breathing room, confidence, opportunity) that he did? Absolutely. It’s one of the great shames of American literature that she doesn’t have a large, full-bodied canon.
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You just said that ABSOLUTELY perfect. Seriously.
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Hehe, thanks. I DO have a passion for Zelda the writer. She’s still overlooked, which is such a shame. Oooh, by the way: your Q&A will likely go up on Friday afternoon.
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