"I think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

John D'Agata

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.”
“If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.”
“Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.”
“You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.”
“If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity”
“I don't believe in anything, only in myself, but I respect all people who believe in something.”

Source : "The Ballad of Juan Gabriel : After a disadvantaged childhood, the singer-songwriter grew to become Mexico's biggest pop star. Now he gets as much pleasure from helping the orphanage he started as he does singing and hearing others do his songs". Interview with Enrique Lopetegui, articles.latimes.com. July 25, 1993.
“Humor is about perspective, and hanging out with people who see life through a similar lens is so important.”
“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

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