What did Gore Vidal mean by: American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither. - Gore Vidal Writer · USA Copy
+ The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Being True, Journalism, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Disaster, Minors, Reserves, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Century, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Interesting, Money, More Money, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Do nothing that is not natural – and ritual is natural – and all will be for the best. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Natural, Ritual, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Curious, Enemy, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Fashion, Hair, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Death, Dying, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
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
