Audrey Niffenegger. The wife of a time traveler (№ 166216)

Compelling moment in the creation of art - in the creation of anything, I think, is the moment fluctuations, intangible idea turns into a solid something, the thing, the substance, belongs to this world of substances. CIRCE, Niobe, Artemis, Athena, all the ancient witches, they must know the feeling when they were turned ordinary people into magical creatures, stole the secrets of magicians, lined up armies: Ah, look, here it is, here it is, new. Call it a disgrace, a war, a Laurel tree. Call it art.