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The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same read more
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature?
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose. - What Is Literature?
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.