"I wanted to be involved with the making of some kind of parallel world. I thought, there's no reason to go to different parts of our world, because you can write them. You can stay home, stay in a little room, and imagine all these worlds. And I wanted to do that. Why did I want to do that, I'm not sure if I can tell."

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Source : Source: www.believermag.com

Vito Acconci

#Home Quotes #Writing Quotes #Our World Quotes

“I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'”
“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.”
“What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences of the hurt. How can we do that? It's done at the price of beating back our pride. By nature we are selfish. Forgiving, by definition, is unselfish. Being hurt by another person wounds our pride. Pride stands in the way of forgiving. We cannot forgive without God's help. It might be possible for us to forgive something inconsequential without God's help; but in significant matters, we are unlikely to accomplish anything without God's involvement in the process.”
“When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different; but only if we start doing things differently.”
“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.”
“We are born with the seed of joy; it is up to us to nurture it.”
“Violence is a calm that disturbs you.”
“You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.”

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