Source: Diaries, 1910 1923
“All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Letter (9 April 1945); published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–1961 (1981) edited by Carlos Baker
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
But it's not good, not good.
2010s, 2017, July, 2017 National Scout Jamboree (July 24, 2017)
Ludwig Wittgenstein book On Certainty
drags out the language-game, or else does away with it.
On Certainty (1969)
“I paint what I see in America, in other words I paint the American scene.”
Stuart Davis (1892–1964) American painter
Cited in: Ian Chilvers, "Davis, Stuart," in: The Oxford Dictionary of Art, (2994). p. 195
“Aren't we all the same? In and out of doubt.
I can see angels standing around you.”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, 50 Words for Snow (2011)
Context: Aren't we all the same? In and out of doubt.
I can see angels standing around you.
They shimmer like mirrors in Summer.
But you don't know it.
And they will carry you o'er the walls.
If you need us, just call.
“I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.”
George Eliot book The Mill on the Floss
Source: The Mill on the Floss
Edward Heath (1916–2005) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974)
Television broadcast (15 June 1970), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 278.
Leader of the Opposition
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) American artist
Source: 21st Century, Robert Rauschenberg, Works, Writings and Interviews, 2006, p. 37
“You see how I try
To reach with words
What matters most
And how I fail.”
Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
