“All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.”
Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
“A thing is important if anyone think it important.”
Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 28, Note 35
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