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John Updike quotes about art

American Novelist, Writer March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. John Updike
Whatever art offered the men and women of previous eras, what it offers our own, it seems to me, is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. The town I grew up in had many vacant lots; when I go back now, the vacant lots are gone. They were a luxury, just as tigers and rhinoceri, in the crowded world that is making, are luxuries. Museums and bookstores should feel, I think, like vacant lots - places where the demands on us are our own demands, where the spirit can find exercise in... John Updike
John Updike quote: "Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can..."
Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn. John Updike
John Updike quote: "What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the..."
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. John Updike

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