quote of the week archive     
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  Be romantic. Be passionate. Be imaginative. Don’t be rushed.
—Charles Olson
  They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
—Andy Warhol
  To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
—Samuel Beckett
  To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
—George Orwell
  What's called the dominant culture will fade away as soon as the electricity goes off.
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  The same percentage of Americans believe in flying saucers as believe in evolution.
—Nicholas Kristof
  In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
—Samuel Beckett
  So I don’t do "inspiration" or ‘blocks’. I just do "work" and hope for the best.
— Anne Enright
  In an intellectual wilderness, it is naive to think one can dispense with a compass.
—Todd Gitlin
  The best things I've ever done have come from dreams. Unfortunately, you can't rely on it.
—Karl Lagerfeld