Will Christian
Will Christian
thinking pages different
It is one of the oddest things in the world that you can read a page or more and think of something utterly different.
travel ghost company
There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels.
art artist works-of-art
In every work of art, the artist himself is present.
artist please shows
A true artist never portrays to please, but to show.
mean criticism constant
For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.
men poetry poet
A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.
long safe enormous
If I did not love what is present, if I could not cling to this enormous, safe parachute, I would long since have fallen into the abyss.
gestures method
My method is to find a word with a gesture.
animal judgement humanity
Woe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement.
class safe sides
To me, the term 'middle-class' connotes a safe, comfortable, middle-of-the road policy. Above all, our language is 'middle-class' in the middle of our road. To drive it to one side or the other or even off the road, is the noblest task of the future.
world language realizing
Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.
firsts hundred first-time
There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time.
home where-you-are understood
You are not at home where your residence are but where you are understood.
carpe-diem men animal
If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.