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"It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it."

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About Anais Nin

Anais Nin was a French-born writer and diarist who spent much of her life in the United States. She is widely known for her journals and for works including Delta of Venus.

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