"Solemnity and a complete absence of irony also mark kitsch."

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Denis Dutton

#Kitsch Quotes #Irony Quotes #Absence Quotes

“You can never forget the time you are living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time youâ€™re living in is the most important thing.”
“People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my basement and gaze out onto a single window that shows me a cement wall. This is a profession, and it's important to have professionalism about the writing.”
“Sometimes if I'm stuck on something, I'll have a drink, and it'll get me inspired and ready to keep going. But the trick to that, again, is that you have to drink responsibly! I've learned how to use it sometimes to help my creative process.”

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“I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.”
“To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.”
“If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.”
“Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people.”
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

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