The artist makes his living by pretending, by putting it in a meaningful hole though no such holes exist. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Participation in an art, although unrewarded by wealth or fame...is a way to make one's soul grow.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Artists,‚Äù he said, ‚Äúare people who say, 'I can't fix my country or my state or my city, or even my marriage.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“He had had no experience in asking for a job with a big organization, and Mr. Dilling was making him aware of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
That’s the secret of artistic unity. Anybody can achieve it, if he or she will make something with only one person in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
