"I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only."

-- Hilary Mantel

#Attention Quotes #Language Quotes #Pastiche Quotes

“Donâ€™t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
“If you want to know what an ultimate goal would be, of course it would be utter peace.”
“I'm just another player that comes in and comes out. Everybody's time is up at some point, I don't think that's my problem. I'm just going to keep on trying like I normally do.”
“From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.”
“There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal with this condition, feels the less effort it requires, the better. Whereas learning about the world is labor, and a great all-consuming one at that. Most people develop quite antithetical talents, in fact - to look without seeing, to listen without hearing, mainly to preserve onself within oneself.”

Source : Ryszard Kapuscinski (2009). “Travels with Herodotus”, p.267, Vintage
“Midsummer Night was roasting hot. The shore, of red granite, glowed with the heat; the dark blood of the earth seemed to be rising from below. There was a sharp, unbearable smell of birds, of cod, of green decaying seaweed. Through the mist the huge ruddy sun loomed nearer and nearer. And in the sea, dark blood welled up to meet it - in bloated, rearing, huge white waves. Night. The mouth of the bay between two cliffs was like a window. A window shutting out curious eyes with a white shade-white woolly fog. And all that you could see was that behind it something red was happening. (The North)”
“And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?”
“You can be cautious or you can be creative (but there's no such thing as a cautious creative).”

Source : "Author Q&A with George Lois: Damn Good Advice". Interview with Steve Kroeter, www.designersandbooks.com. May 3, 2012.

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