"Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art."

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Source : "A brief survey of the short story part 16: Donald Barthelme" by Chris Power, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2009.

Donald Barthelme

#Art Quotes #Wish Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“To speak another language is to have another soul”
“Data that is loved tends to survive.”
“Cities are judged by their richest inhabitants and rural areas are judged”

Source : Sharyn McCrumb (2013). “The Ballad of Frankie Silver: A Ballad Novel”, p.395, Macmillan
“Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?”
“I'm sure fame is yet to come; however, it's not my ultimate goal. I really just want to be able to tell stories, and create, and do it for a living.”
“It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.”

Source : Sophie Kinsella (2009). “Remember Me?”, p.290, Random House
“When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.”
“Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!”

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