"There are portraits and still-lifes And the first, because 'human' Does not excel the second"

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Source : Charles Tomlinson (1997). “Selected Poems: 1955-1997”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

Charles Tomlinson

#Art Quotes #Perception Quotes #Portraits Quotes

“I am a friend. I have in my possession two thousand assorted buttons, eight hundred keys, and only one friend. Perhaps it is not something you can understand. I have not often been one before. I will be now.”
“In the States everyone aspires to be middle class. It's so engrained into the American psyche: As long as you work hard you're going to be rich some day. The history of Britain is that if you're born working class, you're going to stay there, although that is changing.”
“Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.”
“Love imperfectly. Be a love idiot. Let yourself forget any love ideal.”
“I've always despised the hippies.”
“I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.”
“Sweet bleedinâ€™ Christ,â€ Bones interrupted. â€œTry not to let this turn you into a Ghost Whisperer, hmm? Adopting Fabian is one thing, but weâ€™re already turning away spooks by the dozen. If you want another pet, weâ€™ll get you more cats.”
“If you donâ€™t include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid societyâ€¦So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. Thatâ€™s a problem.”

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