"Surely all of us are nerved by one another, catch courage from one another."

--

Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”

Barbara Deming

“The media, the galleries, the collectors - it's all very chaotic actually. The artworld doesn't have this defined corporate structure that people imagine.”
“Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent. For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Atman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.”
“Originally, I didn't want to say too much about the art...”
“'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.”
“Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. [click on the thumbnail by Jack "King" Kirby]”
“If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with”
“Contradict yourself. In order to live, you must remain broken up.”

Source : Wyndham Lewis (1989). “The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work”, Andre Deutsch Limited
“Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.”

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