“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.”
— Robert M. Pirsig
“Don’t be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.”
— Billy Wilder
“On the internet, nobody can hear you being subtle.”
— Linus Torvalds
“Art is like theater. If you want to whisper, you have to whisper loudly enough so that the audience hears you, and knows it’s a whisper. So the artist has to be able to blow the subtleties up proportionately, and at the same time have them be recognized as subtle. It’s what makes a good artist, even if he is painting badly.”
Excellent advice! I'm gonna start explaining my punchlines.
Carry an actual anvil with you, just in case!
Have you moved to the US?
Just visiting family! Will be back shortly to pull down the average Canadian IQ!
Glad to hear you haven’t switched sides
Dear Benjamin,
Great piece! Love these quotes:
“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.”
— Robert M. Pirsig
“Don’t be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.”
— Billy Wilder
“On the internet, nobody can hear you being subtle.”
— Linus Torvalds
“Art is like theater. If you want to whisper, you have to whisper loudly enough so that the audience hears you, and knows it’s a whisper. So the artist has to be able to blow the subtleties up proportionately, and at the same time have them be recognized as subtle. It’s what makes a good artist, even if he is painting badly.”
— Eric Fischl
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq