"A poet's words are of things that do not exist without the words."

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Source : Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination”, p.32, Vintage

Wallace Stevens

“People are like, 'How does Julianne Moore look naked?' I don't know. She was pressed up against me the whole time. I couldn't look at her.”
“And all the countries seemed the same, That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.”
“In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and whats behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand.”
“Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction”
“I think fashion is probably one of the most accessible and immediate forms of visual culture. In 1978, when I realized that I wanted to work on fashion, I had gone to Yale to get my Ph.D. in European cultural history. I suddenly realized fashion's part of culture, and I can do fashion history. All my professors thought this was a really bad idea, that fashion was frivolous and unimportant. And, increasingly over time, people have recognized that it provides such a mirror to the way we think, our values and attitudes.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.”

Source : "Above all, Phyllis Diller was hysterical" By Gilbert Gottfried, www.cnn.com. August 21, 2012.
“Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.”
“Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.”

Source : Robert Schumann (1983). “On Music and Musicians”, p.37, Univ of California Press

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