Donald Barthelme Quotes

Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody.

Donald Barthelme

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 7, 1931 - July 23, 1989

Topics

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It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

Joe Dempsie

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I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.

John Fogerty

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I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.

Sienna Miller

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I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

Rodney Brooks

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The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

Michelangelo

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The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.

Jay Chiat

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You've gotta wonder what kind of vibe you're putting out there if you're having really creepy people come talk to you.

Jorja Fox

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It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

Don Johnson

DayJoyPeopleYouUpWhole

Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.

Debbie Allen

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Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

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I like the moment when I break a man's ego.

Bobby Fischer

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The NYPD is just a branch of corruption connected to a giant, corrupt tree called the United States government.

Prodigy

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