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

Topics: Heartless Quotes

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

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

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.

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

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made...

The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on...

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on...

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.