Clive James Quote

It looks like a portable typewriter full of oyster shells, and to the contention that it echoes the sails of yachts on the harbour I can only point out that the yachts on the harbour don't waste any time echoing opera houses.

Of the Sydney Opera House

Flying Visits (1984)


It looks like a portable typewriter full of oyster shells, and to the contention that it echoes the sails of yachts on the harbour I can only point...

It looks like a portable typewriter full of oyster shells, and to the contention that it echoes the sails of yachts on the harbour I can only point...

It looks like a portable typewriter full of oyster shells, and to the contention that it echoes the sails of yachts on the harbour I can only point...

It looks like a portable typewriter full of oyster shells, and to the contention that it echoes the sails of yachts on the harbour I can only point...