one does not begin a poem, one abandons one's life
—Mark Leidner, The Angel in The Dream of Our Hangover (Sator Press, 2011)
Showing posts with label aphorisms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aphorisms. Show all posts
dada drop
The arts (painting, poetry, etc.) are not just these. Eating, drinking, walking are also arts; every act is an art. The slippery slope toward dadaism.
—César Vallejo, Aphorisms (Green Integer #52), translated by Stephen Kessler
—César Vallejo, Aphorisms (Green Integer #52), translated by Stephen Kessler
too many tools
Nothing so hampers creativity as having all the right tools.
—James Richardson, Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays (Ausable Press, 2000)
—James Richardson, Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays (Ausable Press, 2000)
remarks
The only salvation for the systematic mind is the spontaneous random remark which is not to be further pursued but which also must not declare itself as a Law.
—Elias Canetti, Notes and Notations, translated by H.F. Broch de Rothermann (Noonday Press, FSG, 1994)
—Elias Canetti, Notes and Notations, translated by H.F. Broch de Rothermann (Noonday Press, FSG, 1994)
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