What did Jack Vance mean by: Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. - Jack Vance Copy
+ I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Book, Reading, Reading Books, 0 - Jack Vance
+ Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Genius, Strangeness, 0 - Jack Vance
+ It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Complaining, Reality, Useless, 0 - Jack Vance
+ Well, I think everything I’ve ever read contributes to the background from which I write. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Backgrounds, Writing, 0 - Jack Vance
+ I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Watches, 0 - Jack Vance
+ An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Inches, Miles, 0 - Jack Vance
+ I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, Book, Writing, 0 - Jack Vance
+ The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack Vance, 0 - Jack Vance
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation. - Michael Steinhardt
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
