“ The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love. ”
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“ I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are — an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew. ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ Truth... is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are — an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew. ”
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“ What an artist does, is fail. Any reading of the literature... (I mean the literature of artistic creation), however summary, will persuade you instantly that the paradigmatic artistic experience is that of failure. The actualization fails to meet, equal, the intuition… ”
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“ I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are — an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew. ”
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“ Art is always aimed (like a rifle, if you wish) at the middle class. The working class has its own culture and will have no truck with fanciness of any kind. The upper class owns the world and thus needs know no more about the world than is necessary for its orderly exploitation… ”
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“ I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are — an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew. ”
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“ Art is always aimed (like a rifle, if you wish) at the middle class. The working class has its own culture and will have no truck with fanciness of any kind. The upper class owns the world and thus needs know no more about the world than is necessary for its orderly exploitation… ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ Truth... is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. ”
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“ Art is always aimed (like a rifle, if you wish) at the middle class. The working class has its own culture and will have no truck with fanciness of any kind. The upper class owns the world and thus needs know no more about the world than is necessary for its orderly exploitation… ”
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“ MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever. ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are. ”
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“ Art is always aimed (like a rifle, if you wish) at the middle class. The working class has its own culture and will have no truck with fanciness of any kind. The upper class owns the world and thus needs know no more about the world than is necessary for its orderly exploitation… ”
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“ The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love. ”
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“ Best not to anticipate too much... it jiggles the possibilities. ”
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“ Best not to anticipate too much... it jiggles the possibilities. ”
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“ Truth... is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ The death of God left the angels in a strange position. They were overtaken suddenly by a fundamental question. One can attempt to imagine the moment. How did they look at the instant the question invaded them, flooding the angelic consciousness, taking hold with terrifying force? The question was, "What are angels?" New to questioning, unaccustomed to terror, unskilled in aloneness, the angels (we assume) fell into despair. ”
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“ Truth... is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. ”
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“ The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day… ”
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“ Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated. ”
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“ I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are — an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew. ”
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