What did Margaret Atwood mean by: But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives. - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada Copy
+ There’s something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you’re still alive. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Alive, Hunger, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Dance, Dancing, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ The sands of time are quicksands … so much can sink into them without a trace. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Sand, Time, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Writing, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ Paper isn’t important. It’s the words on them that are important. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Important, Paper, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Assumption, Writing, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Problem, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Caves, Laughing, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
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
