Alexander Liberman quotes

Alexander Liberman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“All art is solitary and the studio is a torture area.”
-- Alexander Liberman

Source : 1979 In the NewYork Times,13 May.

#Art Quotes #Torture Quotes #Solitary Quotes
“I am god...to the dislexic segment of the population.”
-- Alexander Liberman

#Population Quotes

“Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a built-in resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life. Poetry is a verbal means to a nonverbal source. It is a motion to no-motion, to the still point of contemplation and deep realization.”
“As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.”
“The act of love strongly resembles torture or surgery.”
“Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.”
“Marriage is an exercise in torture.”
“I'm consumed by the chill of solitary.”
“A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.”
“A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer ...”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.583, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions.”

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