“Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.”
― Time Must Have a Stop
― Time Must Have a Stop
“Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences of collective insanity.”
― Brave New World Revisited
― Brave New World Revisited
“The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values. ”
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“Sooner or later you’ve heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love. The same holds true for music. ”
― The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961 1972
― The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961 1972
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