quotations | quotations
Jan.06.2013
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, in the very dead of winter, the Epiphany...
Random reflections celebrating the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, whose transcendent luminosity transports us to its source.
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that...
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Aug.27.2012
Image frame from the video-poem Notes for an Elegy in the Key of Michael.
“It’s very important to keep the historical context in mind ...
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Mar.29.2012
This is my fourth blog on the subject of destiny in which I hand over to the wise, the learned and the distinguished. Here are links to posts one, two and three.
It seems to me that the Somerset Maugham quote is the most generally applicable to the times we live in, the Marcus Aurelius...
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Jan.22.2012
A friend contacted me yesterday for help in tracking down the provenance of a quotation attributed to W.E.B. Dubois, the towering writer, scholar, and activist who contributed so greatly to the liberation of African Americans. Here it is:
Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside...
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Aug.30.2011
No matter how intense or honest or pure our desire to become a writer it ultimately comes down to having talent, developing your particular level of talent, or giving up. And it doesn’t matter what the public is reading, what Oprah is recommending, or how you feel.
If you are a...
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Aug.22.2011
Will there be a poster by Kafka with his most famous quote about Prague? "Prague won't let you go, the little mother has claws."
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Prague, City of Literature
by Stephan Delbos
The city of Prague has launched an interesting interactive project entitled “Prague,...
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Sep.20.2010
Here are some of my favorite quotes about writers and writing.
#1 of Top-10 Quotes about Writers and Writing
Write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing...
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Sep.12.2009
Next time you get all Wilde or Confucius, you might miss what lies between. It's Paris Hilton in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. She has made it to the latest edition.
I do not know what are the standards used for such choices, but one assumes there is an element of wit or thought, and it...
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Aug.04.2009
Below are some quotations about writing, grammar, and quotations:
Quotations are a columnist's bullpen. Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.
— Peter Anderson
A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone...
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Jul.05.2009
Here are some more quotations and sayings about writers and writing:
There are three rules of writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.— W. Somerset Maugham
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.— Author Unknown
History will be kind to me for I...
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