"One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety."

-- Mo Yan

#Literature Quotes #Problem Quotes #Subtlety Quotes

“The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.”
“For me, the whole idea of the radically new is tied to a close reconsideration of older sources. I like to give myself over to those sources, as points of origin, in order to bring things forward. My approach requires me to internalize my sources as much as possible in the hope that new themes might emerge. The material has to be internalized in order for it to live again. Ultimately, paintings reveal themselves on the basis of what they are. They are inseparable from the physical process that goes into their making.”
“Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.”
“Sometimes I think that if it were possible to tell a story often enough to make the hurt ease up, to make the words slide down my arms and away from me like water, I would tell that story a thousand times.”
“Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.”
“You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.”
“Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.”
“Being a digital artist enables me to take my signature pieces and place them in a dimensional reality that only really exists within my head. Then I can bring it to life.”

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