What did Vikram Seth mean by: I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated. - Vikram Seth Author · India Copy
+ Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Courses, Propensity, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Indian, Temptation, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ I’m not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Not Sure, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ I don’t pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Subjects, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Love, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Green, Ink, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Laziness, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
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
