"If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism and marginality and so constituted a kind of acknowledgment of my own preposterousness, admitting my bad faith in good faith, so to speak."

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Source : Ben Lerner (2012). “Leaving the Atocha Station”, p.58, Granta Books

Ben Lerner

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“You cannot underestimate the importance of preparation.”
“In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.”
“The Nineties was such an incredible period. There was this real sense of community and such a uniqueness to it. There were unique personalities, unique bands, unique lyrical takes. A lot of artistic expression. It was this real renaissance that was exciting to be a part of. It's hard to not look back on that period and say, "Yeah, it was crazy. But it was crazy good."”

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“Vancouver is the most wonderful place. I put it up there with San Francisco and Sydney as a kind of magic sort of harbor city.”
“It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way.”
“In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all. Unfortunately the board of directors and top management of Times Warner already committed the first sin by merging with AOL, and we believe they are currently in the process of committing the second; now is not a time to move slowly and suffer the paralysis of inaction.”
“Keep feeding your faith until your doubts starves to death.”
“When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.”

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