My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as technique in lovemaking. Heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill; but what you want is passionate virtuosity.

Quote by John Barth

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If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really...

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really...

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it...

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it...

You're certain to get a decision in a trial.

You're certain to get a decision in a trial.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.