#liter

I do not consider myself a literal genius. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#genius #i #i do #literal #myself

Martial (the main character of LOCUS SOLUS) has a very interesting conception of literary beauty: the work must contain nothing real, no observations about the world or the mind, nothing but completely imaginary constructions. These are in themselves ideas from an extrahuman world. ↗

— Pierre Janet

#imagination #literature #mind #surrealism #writing

Tragedy is a literary concept. ↗

— David Hockney

#literary #tragedy

I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#i #knowing #literally #mouth #not knowing

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#got #had #i #into #laughed

Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#literature #tidings #within #without #world

Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#instinct #literature #suffering #union

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture. ↗

— Juan Ramon Jimenez

#before #culture #grace #literature #poetry

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

#friends #i #language #literary #me

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#being #book #booker #different #every