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Donald Barthelme Quotes

And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love...And you can never touch a girl in the same way more than once, twice, or another number of times however much you may wish to hold, wrap, or otherwise fix her hand, or look, or some other quality, or incident, known to you previously Picture Quote #1

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit Picture Quote #1

Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. Theyve been a laboratory for everybody Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it’s a horizontal line, not a vertical one Picture Quote #1

The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how Picture Quote #1

No man’s plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God’s will Picture Quote #1

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Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens Picture Quote #1

The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart Picture Quote #1

Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end Picture Quote #1

There’s not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there Picture Quote #1

The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted Picture Quote #1

I am never needlessly obscure I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure Picture Quote #1

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Best not to anticipate too much... it jiggles the possibilities Picture Quote #1

The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions Picture Quote #1

The much heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor Picture Quote #1

Any genuine work of art generates new work Picture Quote #1

Is death that which gives meaning to life? Picture Quote #1

See the moon? It hates us Picture Quote #1

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Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world Picture Quote #1

I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities Picture Quote #1

The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do Picture Quote #1

Food... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence Picture Quote #1

There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising Picture Quote #1

Write about what you’re afraid of Picture Quote #1

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How can you be alienated without first having been connected? Picture Quote #1

Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced Picture Quote #1

The aim of literature... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart Picture Quote #1

Now, here is the point about the self: it is insatiable. It is always, always hankering. It is what you might call rapacious to a fault. The great flaming mouth to the thing is never in this world going to be stuff full Picture Quote #1

The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day, when the sun goes down and the supper is to be cooked Picture Quote #1

And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love Picture Quote #1

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And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love...And you can never touch a girl in the same way more than once, twice, or another number of times however much you may wish to hold, wrap, or otherwise fix her hand, or look, or some other quality, or incident, known to you previously. (Donald Barthelme Quotes) My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. Theyve been a laboratory for everybody (Donald Barthelme Quotes) I don’t think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it’s a horizontal line, not a vertical one (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how (Donald Barthelme Quotes) No man’s plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God’s will (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens. (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart. (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end. (Donald Barthelme Quotes) There’s not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there. (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted (Donald Barthelme Quotes) I am never needlessly obscure I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Best not to anticipate too much... it jiggles the possibilities (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The much heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Any genuine work of art generates new work (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Is death that which gives meaning to life? (Donald Barthelme Quotes) See the moon? It hates us (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world (Donald Barthelme Quotes) I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Food... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence (Donald Barthelme Quotes) There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Write about what you’re afraid of (Donald Barthelme Quotes) How can you be alienated without first having been connected? (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The aim of literature... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart (Donald Barthelme Quotes) Now, here is the point about the self: it is insatiable. It is always, always hankering. It is what you might call rapacious to a fault. The great flaming mouth to the thing is never in this world going to be stuff full (Donald Barthelme Quotes) The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day, when the sun goes down and the supper is to be cooked (Donald Barthelme Quotes) And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love (Donald Barthelme Quotes)

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