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August 25, 2014

Ernest Hemingway, One.

All bad writers are in love with the epic.

August 22, 2014

Luigi Russolo, One.

Luigi Russolo claims that music has reached a point that no longer has the power to excite or inspire. Even when it is new, he argues, it still sounds old and familiar, leaving the audience 'waiting for the extraordinary sensation that never comes'.

August 21, 2014

Carl Sagan, One.

If there's nothing in here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?

August 13, 2014

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August 12, 2014

E.E. Cummings, One.

And this little old man never moved and sat all by himself looking and looking and looking at nothing.

August 05, 2014

Amelia E. Barr, One.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.