To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.


Consider The Lobster: Essays and Arguments (ed. Hachette UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9781405521017

David Foster Wallace Quotes

To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.

To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.

To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.

To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.