"In most writers, style is a welcome, an invitation, a letting down of the drawbridge between the artist and the world. Shaw had no time for such ruses. Unlike most of his countrymen, he abominated charm, which he regarded as evidence of chronic temperamental weakness."

-- Kenneth Tynan

#Artist Quotes #Style Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted.”
“Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.”
“Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.”

Source : "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.
“Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order”
“This is a profession in which how you look dictates whether or not you get work, so a model has to be healthy.”
“God preserve me from idiots and men in love, which is the same thing.”
“When I was a little boy and played Liebestraum, my father used to hit me on the head with a newspaper every time I slopped the cadenza . . . I hate Liebestraum.”
“What's the deal with Ovaltine? It comes in a round container, you put it in a round glass, why don't they call it Roundtine?”

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