Sunday, December 09, 2018

Time Is Too Short To Miss So Many Sights

". . . Was told yesterday I had not won the National Book Award.  I felt some relief as I have no equipment for prize-winning - no small talk, no time for idle graciousness and required public show, no clothes either or desire for front.  I realized I have no yen for any experience (even a triumph) that blocks observation, when I am the observed instead of the observer.  Time is too short to miss so many sights." - Dawn Powell, 1963 
And with those simple words, novelist Dawn Powell defines the difference between an artist and a celebrity.

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