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The reading eye must do the work to make them live, and so it did, again and again, never the same life twice, as the artist had intended.
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…words have been all my life, all my life—this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out—the silk is her life, her home, her safety—her food and drink too—and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….
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Funny way to spend your life, though, studying another chap's versifying.
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Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life, which we should never take for granted, and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please, with none to forbid or criticise.
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Life is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon
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Born:
August 24, 1936
Died:
November 16, 2023
(aged 87)
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