“For boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.”
― On Photography
― On Photography
“Read often, learn all that you can. Let sleep overcome you, the roll still in your hands; when your head falls, let it be on the sacred page.”
― The Complete Works of Saint Jerome (13 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible
― The Complete Works of Saint Jerome (13 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible
“Films are ephemeral, while books—the good ones—are eternal, or close to it.”
― If It Bleeds
― If It Bleeds
“Everything great in art is born of service. It is a free and willing bondage, for it is born of inspiration. Not from servitude or slavishly “catering to the market.” And not from any base servility before today’s bored neurotics who fill the salons, restaurants, dance clubs, and the columns of the “literati.” Not servility, but service.”
― Foundations of Christian Culture
― Foundations of Christian Culture
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