John Dunning quotes

“The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2012). “The Bookman's Wake”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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“What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2006). “The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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“The world was getting dangerously crowded with crazy people.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2012). “The Bookman's Wake”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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“We have the knowledge, resources, and capabilities to make global capitalism work in a more inclusive and socially responsible manner while retaining - indeed enhancing - its economic benefits.”
-- John Dunning

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“The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.”
-- John Dunning

Source : Resolution passed in the House of Commons, 6 April, 1780, in 'Parliamentary History of England' (T. C. Hansard, 1814) vol. 21, col. 347

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“I'm doing what I like, why wouldn't I be happy? So what if it's not perfect, I don't believe in perfection. Maybe happy's as good as it gets.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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“There is no better indicators of character than the books you have.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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“This is why I am not religious. If and when we do learn the true secret of the universe, some kind of religion will be there to hide it. To cover it up. To persecute and shred, to burn and destroy. They stay in business by keeping us in the Dark Ages.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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“We're all running away. Some of us just don't get very far.”
-- John Dunning

Source : John Dunning (2004). “Booked Twice: Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake”, p.371, Simon and Schuster

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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”

“An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The more an artist works the more there is to do.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.56, Univ of California Press

“An artist who dedicates his life to art, burdens his art with his life, and his life with his art.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.54, Univ of California Press

“Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.143, Univ of California Press

“Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect”

“Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.”

“He stopped and looked back at me "I love you too Pagan. I'll miss you. In every life.”

“I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us!”

“There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.”