Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

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Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am...

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am...

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class...

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class...

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification....

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification....

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves...

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves...

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle -...

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle -...

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than...

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a...

When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a...

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

The book you don't read can't help

The book you don't read can't help

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library...

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library...