Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced. Donald Barthelme More Quotes by Donald Barthelme More Quotes From Donald Barthelme Naked girls with the heads of Marx and Malraux prone and helpless in the glare of the headlights, tried to give them a little joie de vivre but maybe it didn't take, their constant bickering and smallness, it's like a stroke of lightning, the world reminds you of its power, tracheotomies right and left, I am spinning, my pretty child, don't scratch, pick up your feet, the long nights, spent most of my time listening, this is a test of the system, this is only a test. Donald Barthelme girlnightchildren No man's plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God's will. Donald Barthelme imperviousgods-willmen The much heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor. Donald Barthelme mayorsnew-york I don't think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it's a horizontal line, not a vertical one. Donald Barthelme progressartthinking Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities. Donald Barthelme possibilityanticipationtoo-much Capitalism places every man in competition with his fellows for a share of the available wealth. A few people accumulate big piles, but most do not. The sense of community falls victim to this struggle. Donald Barthelme strugglemenfall The question so often asked of modern painting, "What is it?", contains more than the dull skepticism of the man who is not going to have the wool pulled over his eyes. It speaks of a fundamental placement in relation to the work, that of a voyager in the world coming upon a strange object. The reader reconstitutes the work by his active participation, by approaching the object, tapping it, shaking it, holding it to his ear to hear the roaring within. It is characteristic of the object that it does not declare itself all at once, in a rush of pleasant naïveté. Donald Barthelme vetseyemen MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever. Donald Barthelme surrealismmtvforever It is difficult to keep the public interested. The public demands new wonders piled on new wonders. Often we don't know where our next marvel is coming from. The supply of strange ideas is not endless. Donald Barthelme demandnextideas Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end. Donald Barthelme endsdoubtaction Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail. Donald Barthelme failingartistdoe The world is sagging, snagging, scaling, spalling, pilling, pinging, pitting, warping, checking, fading, chipping, cracking, yellowing, leaking, stalling, shrinking, and in dynamic unbalance. Donald Barthelme fadingsaggingshrinking I am never needlessly obscure - I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure. Donald Barthelme obscure His examiner said severely: "Baskerville, you blank round, discursiveness is not literature." Donald Barthelme furliteratureheart My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit. Donald Barthelme motherdramafather
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