8 quotes
The truly radical work of art is the one that offers you something to hold on to in the midst of the flux of possibility.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
I managed to fail Arts I, a course that a moderately intelligent amoeba could have passed without special coaching.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
Our culture puts enormous emphasis on "socialization", on the supposedly supreme virtues of establishing close relations with others.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
Some new works of art have values of some kind or another. Others, the majority, have little or none. But newness as such, in art, is never a value.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
I realized that there is nothing whatever outside of the life we have; that the "meaning of life" is nothing other than life itself, obstinately asserting itself against emptiness and nullity.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
How immeasurably fortunate my father was in his faith!
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
...what has become my frequent prayer since I have had to face death -"Thy holy will, O Lord, not mine be done!"
Things I Didn't Know (2006)
We all come into the world with baggage which, in the end, we have no hope of reclaiming, The main item in mine was my father.
Things I Didn't Know (2006)