Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. – John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. – John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike
You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike