"In college I studied essays with a poet, and so I think my interpretation of the genre was always going to be a little off-kilter."

-- John D'Agata

#College Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Littles Quotes

“William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.”
“The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the camera has withered the pride of handworked mediums. Painting survives on a case-by-case basis, its successes amounting to special exemptions from a verdict of history.”

Source : "Seeing and Reading" by Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. July 26, 2004.
“[On Napoleon assuming power in France:] The time of Fable is over, the time of History has begun.”
“I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taughtâ€¦”
“You can get over a broken past if you decide to believe that there's nothing in your past that can keep you from having a great future.”
“No matter how big you are, details count!”
“It's difficult for people sometimes to recognise when they're happy. People sometimes seem to me to be afraid to be happy.”
“America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and changed its name to "America"”

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