Art is affirmation. Auteur: N. Scott Momaday Copy Quote More from N. Scott Momaday “He used both hands when he made the bear. Imagine a bear proceeding from the ha…” “I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.” “Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to …” “In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.”