The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. – James Agee
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. – James Agee

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. – James Agee
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition. – James Agee
Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied. – James Agee
As a whole part of psychological education it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that adjustment to a sick and insane environment is of itself not health but sickness and insanity. – James Agee
The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of. – Samuel Beckett