"Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it……" — Al Alvarez
"Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values."
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Al Alvarez
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When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself.…
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Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary…
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Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.
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I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
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To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be…
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The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.
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The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.
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Divorce transforms habit into drama.
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Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they…
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I'm good at reading people.
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I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.
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When you make a bet, you're saying something.
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