Lewinsohn Theory Quotes & Sayings

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. — Henri Matisse

The years are going by us like huge birds, whom Doom and Destiny and the schemes of God have frightened up out of some old gray marsh. — Lord Dunsany

I would say, for the moment, that community, at least community larger than the immediate family, consists very largely of imaginative love for people we do not know or whom we know very slightly. This thesis may be influenced by the fact that I have spent literal years of my life lovingly absorbed in the thoughts and perceptions of - who knows it better than I? - people who do not exist. And, just as writers are engrossed in the making of them, readers are profoundly moved and also influenced by the nonexistent, that great clan whose numbers increase prodigiously with every publishing season. I think fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification. — Marilynne Robinson

Modesty is always beautiful — G.K. Chesterton

We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can't unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what's there. — J. Michael Straczynski

The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up. — Robert Metcalfe

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win. — Jim Larranaga