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Grotesque Quotes

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less Picture Quote #1

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, grotesque Picture Quote #1

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper - aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts Picture Quote #1

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer Picture Quote #1

The professor who lectured on Shakespeare seemed to be entrapped in a grotesque, retrospective love affair with every one of Shakespeare's heroines. I think he even had a feeling that he could have made a respectable faculty wife out of Lady Macbeth Picture Quote #1

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something Picture Quote #1

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I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which, owing to bodily weakness, his diseased imagination surrounded him, and which he believed to be real. So also, owing to bodily and mental health and strength, we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society, and come to know that we are never alone Picture Quote #1

I believe when I am in the mood that all nature is full of people whom we cannot see, and that some of these are ugly or grotesque, and some wicked or foolish, but very many beautiful beyond any one we have ever seen, and that these are not far away... the simple of all times and the wise men of ancient times have seen them and even spoken to them Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be grotesque, but when you’re 330 pounds, it’s hard to wipe your ass. You know? Picture Quote #1

All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque Picture Quote #1

Perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Picture Quote #1

For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce Picture Quote #1

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Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity Picture Quote #1

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are Picture Quote #1

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there’s no room for fault. But I don’t expect to turn things around all by myself. I’m not a saint Picture Quote #1

... the random talk of people who have no chance of immortality and thus can speak their minds out has a setting, often, of lights, streets, houses, human beings, beautiful or grotesque, which will weave itself into the moment for ever Picture Quote #1

Asylums are nothing more than gardens of human cabbages, of miserable, grotesque, repugnant human beings watered with the fertilizer of injections Picture Quote #1

When the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity Picture Quote #1

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I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the fantastic Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind Picture Quote #1

Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do Picture Quote #1

Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it’s original and good for their health, but life in the country is not original at all, for anyone who wasn’t born in and for the country it shows a lack of taste and is only harmful to their health. The people who go walking in the country walk right into their own funeral in the country and at the very least they lead a grotesque existence which leads them first into idiocy, then into an absurd death Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less (Grotesque Quotes) The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, grotesque (Grotesque Quotes) Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper - aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts (Grotesque Quotes) As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer (Grotesque Quotes) The professor who lectured on Shakespeare seemed to be entrapped in a grotesque, retrospective love affair with every one of Shakespeare's heroines. I think he even had a feeling that he could have made a respectable faculty wife out of Lady Macbeth (Grotesque Quotes) People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something (Grotesque Quotes) I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which, owing to bodily weakness, his diseased imagination surrounded him, and which he believed to be real. So also, owing to bodily and mental health and strength, we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society, and come to know that we are never alone (Grotesque Quotes) I believe when I am in the mood that all nature is full of people whom we cannot see, and that some of these are ugly or grotesque, and some wicked or foolish, but very many beautiful beyond any one we have ever seen, and that these are not far away... the simple of all times and the wise men of ancient times have seen them and even spoken to them (Grotesque Quotes) I don’t want to be grotesque, but when you’re 330 pounds, it’s hard to wipe your ass. You know? (Grotesque Quotes) All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque (Grotesque Quotes) Perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Grotesque Quotes) For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce (Grotesque Quotes) Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity (Grotesque Quotes) All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are (Grotesque Quotes) I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there’s no room for fault. But I don’t expect to turn things around all by myself. I’m not a saint (Grotesque Quotes) ... the random talk of people who have no chance of immortality and thus can speak their minds out has a setting, often, of lights, streets, houses, human beings, beautiful or grotesque, which will weave itself into the moment for ever (Grotesque Quotes) Asylums are nothing more than gardens of human cabbages, of miserable, grotesque, repugnant human beings watered with the fertilizer of injections (Grotesque Quotes) When the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity (Grotesque Quotes) I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the fantastic (Grotesque Quotes) I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind (Grotesque Quotes) Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do (Grotesque Quotes) Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it’s original and good for their health, but life in the country is not original at all, for anyone who wasn’t born in and for the country it shows a lack of taste and is only harmful to their health. The people who go walking in the country walk right into their own funeral in the country and at the very least they lead a grotesque existence which leads them first into idiocy, then into an absurd death (Grotesque Quotes)

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