Ken Baumann quotes

“I started to write a series of fantasy novels when I was eleven. I have never taken anything artistic as seriously; since then, writing has felt like an attempt to get back there, to my bedroom, my maps, those races and languages and runes.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Go Forth (vol. 6)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 7, 2012.

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“Books woke me up. Books are my favorite man-made objects. I fetishize their design, smell, feel. And that they can contain such burning, complex communications is a miracle to me.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Go Forth (vol. 6)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 7, 2012.

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“Art is the most benign cultural practice, and yet art has an upper bound of personal revelation that is so far away it is basically a horizon.”
-- Ken Baumann

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“With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Go Forth (vol. 6)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 7, 2012.

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“It's harder to make money when you're not a machine in a massive apparatus designed only to make money, but artists will figure it out.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Go Forth (vol. 6)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 7, 2012.

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“I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Secret Life's Ken Baumann Answers Our 17 Questions". www.seventeen.com. March 23, 2012.

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“Mistakes quickly pile up and coalesce into a reputation, and a reputation is hard to shake.”
-- Ken Baumann

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“I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Secret Life's Ken Baumann Answers Our 17 Questions". Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. March 23, 2012.

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“Every once in awhile, find a spot of shade, sit down on the grass or dirt, and ask yourself this question: “Do I respect myself?” A corollary to this question: “Do I respect the work I’m doing?” If the answer to the latter question is NO, then the answer to the former question will probably be NO too. If this is the case, wait a few weeks, then ask yourself the same two questions. If the answers are still NO, quit.”
-- Ken Baumann

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“Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Secret Life's Ken Baumann Answers Our 17 Questions". Seventeen Magazine Interview, www.seventeen.com. March 23, 2012.

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“I would sleep 12 hours a day if I could.”
-- Ken Baumann

Source : "Secret Life's Ken Baumann Answers Our 17 Questions". www.seventeen.com. March 23, 2012.

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