"But the poetry side is what appeals more to me today. Metaphor, just absurd linkages and coming up with categories, labeling, taxonomy, and I'd say that I do have some tools left. There are days I can't make a sentence out of anything, and anything I make looks clunky to me. But I still have a general grasp of the cliché, of the generic sentence. And if I didn't have that, I'd be a blob of putty on the floor."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Richard Meltzer

#Tools Quotes #Looks Quotes #Taxonomy Quotes

“If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes.”
“Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.”
“We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.”

Source : Maria Irene Fornes (1987). “Promenade and Other Plays”, Paj Publication
“My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.”
“Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.”

Source : "Art of the 20th Century, Part 1". Book by Karl Ruhrberg, Klaus Honnef, Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane Fricke, p. 190, 2000.
“Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with.”

Source : David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.284
“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.”
“I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.”

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