Rob Chapman

Born :

1954

The life of the mind is always more interesting than the real. The idea is often more interesting than the actual.

real ideas interesting

I didn't start writing in order to express myself. If anything the opposite was true. I was just as interested in negating the I and the ego.

opposites writing order

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

principles trying years

I've never had a problem with the old truism about dancing to architecture. I think you can dance to architecture. There's some pretty funky architecture to dance to.

architecture dancing thinking

I think all writing about art is in some way dancing to architecture. It's all about similitude, being analogous, metaphorical, adjectival, etc.

writing art thinking

I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form.

conservative rocks years