artOnly in men’s imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. Joseph Conrad A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art. Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. Rock isn’t art, it’s the way ordinary people talk. The art of communication is the language of leadership. I love to collect modern art. Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It’s delightful to distort size, to see something that’s tiny as though it were vast.
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.
Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It’s delightful to distort size, to see something that’s tiny as though it were vast.