"Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time, I want precision. And in order to be precise about stuff, you have to get personal. Symbolism is very boring."

-- Linn Ullmann

#Symbolism Quotes #Order Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.”

Source : "Come Together" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. March 8, 2010.
“In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh.”
“Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.”

Source : Judith Guest (1982). “Ordinary People”, p.93, Penguin
“We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction.”
“When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.”
“I maintain that the expression of junk and objects has an intrinsic value, and I see no need to look for aesthetic forms in them and to adapt them to the colors of the palette.”
“I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.”
“He who commands the sea has command of everything.”

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