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Djuna Barnes Quotes

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982

Topics

Day Night Skin Over Head May

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.

Andie MacDowell

Love Learning Curiosity Gift Think

Our artistic heroes tend to be those self-exercisers, like Picasso, and Nabokov, and Wallace Stevens, who rather defiantly kept playing past dark.

Past Dark Heroes Playing Who Rather

Nobody does more identity politics than Donald Trump.

Politics Identity Nobody Donald Trump

The universe, in a big bang mode, is still expanding, which means it's cooling down, and evolution seems to be going against this; we're almost battling it. That led me on to a more creative, philosophical way of thinking, which is what led into influencing some of the songs, which is, maybe this is what our struggle is.

Struggle Creative Me Thinking Down

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.

Man Behavior You Human Behavior Side

Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth.

Day Man Mouth Way Always Eat

When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.

Courtney A. Kemp

Power Face Black Said Say Pitching

I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't erase it entirely, the idea that when you're sitting down to write a song, people are going to hear it.

Space People Mind Song You Down

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

God Man Me Earth Stop Nobody

Several people feel I have photographed God. May be.

Alfred Stieglitz

God People Feel May Photographed

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

History Hell Political You Want

On the balance beam, sometimes it's really hard to stay on if you're having some rough times.

Balance You Sometimes Hard Stay

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