Quote by Tom Wolfe
There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous – and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone. – Tom Wolfe

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This is the artist, then, lifes hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beautys miser, glorys slave. – Tom Wolfe

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There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality then it is a quality of the spirit. – Tom Wolfe

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The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and its an example of freedom from religion. – Tom Wolfe

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I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things. – Kurt Masur

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People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if youre famous. – Danielle Steel

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