"There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of."

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Source : Charles Olson (1966). “Selected Writings of Charles Olson”, p.4, New Directions Publishing

Charles Olson

#Eye Quotes #Hierarchy Quotes #Infinite Quotes

“If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.”
“At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like a rhythm-and-blues horn section or a tightly arranged little big band if need be, but it could also switch back into the polyphonic glories of vintage New Orleans jazz, in which nearly every instrument seems to improvise around the tune at the same time.”
“We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology.”
“I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most intimate, anguished, socially inadmissible emotions and desires are known to others.... Kindred soulsâ€”indeed, my selves otherwise costumedâ€”turn up in books in the most unexpected places. Discovering them is one of the great rewards of a liberal education. If I quote liberally, it is not to show off book learning, which at my stage of life can only invite ridicule, but rather to bathe in this kinship of strangers.”
“The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression.”

Source : Dorothea Johnson (2002). “Tea and Etiquette”, p.43, Capital Books
“I've never wanted to spare myself because I feel there are people who are no longer around and died for this struggle. What right do I have to hold back, to rest, to preserve my health, to have time with my family, when there are other people who are no longer alive - when they sacrificed what is precious: namely life itself.”
“To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.”
“Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.”

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