What did John Edgar Wideman mean by: I want to give the evidence in a way that is convincing, but I don’t want to cheat. - John Edgar Wideman Author Copy
+ Do not fall asleep in your enemy’s dream. Feraz Zeid, October 10, 2023December 26, 2023, John Edgar Wideman, Dream, Enemy, 0 - John Edgar Wideman Author
+ Books are an attempt to control something that’s uncontrollable. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Edgar Wideman, Book, 0 - John Edgar Wideman Author
+ I believe – what did Faulkner say? “The past is not even past.” Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Edgar Wideman, Believe, Past, 0 - John Edgar Wideman Author
+ I get off on anticipating and waiting much more than I get off on the actual event. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Edgar Wideman, Events, Waiting, 0 - John Edgar Wideman Author
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