"Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product."

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Source : Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub

Richard McKenna

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“Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.”
“If people could only be taught that economy is a thing of littles and of individuals, and of every day, and not a thing of masses and of spasmodic efforts, then a true idea would begin to tell upon the habits of our domestic life, for the thrift and thriving of the individual is the thrift and thriving of the nation.”
“Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just . . . choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer's personality. Until the 70s, women listened to designers. Now women want to do it their own way. There are no boundaries. And without boundaries, there is no fashion.”
“The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2013). “Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West”, p.584, Simon and Schuster
“Truth never hurts the teller.”
“Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well”
“So you start one person at a time. Change one person, you can change a village.”
“Frank Farrelly. . .must be thought of with respect (perhaps even delight?) by his clients who have so far played the game of therapy with their therapists, but, I am afraid, also a shocking example for those therapists who, in Laing's words, 'are playing at not playing a game'.”

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