Rainer Maria Rilke On Changing The World
Rainer Maria Rilke (December 04, 1875 – December 29, 1926) Again and again in history some people wake up. They have no ground in the…
Pablo Picasso On Art
Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 08, 1973) A painting is not thought out and settled in advance. While it is being done, it…
Philip Larkin On Jazz
Philip Larkin (August 09, 1922 – December 02, 1985) Jazz is a parallel case in poetry; one's enthusiasm starts in one's adolescence and never seems…
Maria Popova On Speaking And Listening
Maria Popova (July 28, 1984 -) Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel…
Mark Strand On When The Vacation Is Over For Good
Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014) It will be strange Knowing at last it couldn’t go on forever, The certain voice telling…
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James Baldwin On Responsibility
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) A great deal of what I say just leaves me open, I suppose, to a vast…
Robert M Pirsig On Buddha
Robert M Pirsig (September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer…
