A Mound of Space
“There is at the back of every artist’s mind something like a pattern or a type of architecture. The original quality in any man of imagination is imagery. It is a thing like the landscapes of his dreams; the sort of world he would wish to make or in which he would wish to wander; the strange flora and fauna of his own secret planet; the sort of thing that he likes to think about.”
–G. K. Chesterton
“I soil the paper to prepare it for hallucinations. I reverse the day’s attempt to assassinate me.”
–Matta (Roberto Matta) [Quoted in: My Devotion, by Clayton Eshleman, p. 82]
A wonderful thought from Boris Vian, quoted in A half-century homage to France’s master-prankster, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the author / jazz musician / artist’s death: (more…)
Brian Eno: “possessions are a way of turning money into problems.”
–From a New York Times editorial, Five Scenes, One Theme: A True if Unlikely Story, by Bono, November 14, 2009.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
—Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (1953-1994), computer scientist and educator. This has also been attributed to Yogi Berra.
The Centre Pompidou in Paris is currently showing an exhibit of the Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý. Here is the Pompidou’s introduction, illustrated with images I found online:
Wikipedia: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 period black comedy film written and directed by Tom Stoppard based on his 1966 play. Like the play, the film depicts two minor characters from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Here are some lines pulled from the Wikiquote page for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and re-bejumbled: (more…)
“No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.”
–James Joyce (1882–1941) from a Dec. 7, 1906, letter to his brother, written from Rome in a state of disillusion. Letters of James Joyce, Vol. 2 (1966).
