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William Gaddis Quotes

William Gaddis quotes about work

American Novelist December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998

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That was Youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more, and its work that's become my enemy because that's what I can tell you about, that Youth who could do anything. William Gaddis
Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it... William Gaddis
That after an hour's silence he can say, The one thing I cannot stand is dampness... That's all, it took him an hour to work that out. William Gaddis
He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, and it is still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played. William Gaddis
William Gaddis quote: "There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer..."
There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work. William Gaddis
What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. What's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology. William Gaddis

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