“I am neither listening nor glistening,” claimed Uncle Walter, in another of his baffling assertions.
Charles Jeffrey Yett, Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.
She permitted one question only. So Chandu asked, “What is the greatest pleasure in this world?” She answered with a single word: “Deception”.
Constantine Aviola, Chandu the Magician.
If thou hideth now the three rings
And hold them from the light
By April might they blossom
To wrap thy fingers tight.
Anthony Byrchfield, The Five Golden Dayes. (1590)
Education: whatever happens in schools.
Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.
The Enlightenment was thespian rationalism.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
All of our attention should be focused on the “internet”. But none of our attention is.
Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.
Aesthetics: I like this; I don’t like that.
Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.
He traveled only by night, almost silently. The litter itself was solid and comfortable. The carriers—eight in number—were always smooth and speechless. Their pace was brisk, and sleep came easy.
Constantine Aviola, Chandu the Magician.
Modernism freed art from the representational burden. Contemporary Art—starting in the 1960s—liberated art even further. So, the big story is one of unburdening.
Nelson Poindexter, Corpuscular Aesthetics.
Modernity is a gradual suicide.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
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