"I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper."

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Source : James Robertson (2006). “The testament of Gideon Mack”

James Robertson

#Ink Quotes #Paper Quotes #Flow Quotes

“Let us watch against pride in every shape-pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness.”
“For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know.”
“At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.”
“For the people who believe, you don't have to explain, and for the people who don't believe, no explanation is good enough.”
“When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.”
“I studied fashion at the London College of Fashion. I get involved in it as part of my own styling, so if I wasn't a pop star maybe a fashion buyer or a stylist.”
“A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.”
“One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible...”

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