Who among us is not thinking about divorce, except for a few tiny-minded stick-in-the-muds who don't count? 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 girl night children No man's plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God's will. Donald Barthelme impervious gods-will men The much heaves and palpitates. It is multidirectional and has a mayor. Donald Barthelme mayors new-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 progress art thinking Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities. Donald Barthelme possibility anticipation too-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 struggle men fall 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 vets eye men MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever. Donald Barthelme surrealism mtv forever 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 demand next ideas Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end. Donald Barthelme ends doubt action Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail. Donald Barthelme failing artist doe 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 fading sagging shrinking 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 fur literature heart 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 mother drama father
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