What did Charles Stross mean by: Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity. - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland Copy
+ I wrote two million words of crap. Maybe I’m just a slow learner . Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Crap, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ In general, a little controversy isn’t harmful: if anything, it gets people interested. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Controversy, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Night, Ocean, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Book, Reading, Writing, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ More often than not, piracy is a symptom of an under-provisioned market. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Piracy, Symptoms, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Chips, Function, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is “doormat”. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Trouble, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
+ The Magician’s Land is a triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Stross, Fantasy, Land, 0 - Charles Stross Writer · Scotland
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
