John Cheever Art Quotations

The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.

When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant exercise of choice, but in a world that changes more swiftly that we can perceive there is always the danger that our powers of selection will be mistaken and that the vision we serve will come to nothing.

I was here on earth because I chose to be.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

Art is the triumph over chaos.