My doctor has warned me that my nerves will not stand any further strain... I have begun to have blackouts, in which my actions become automatic. Sometimes these periods last several hours.... I had one of these blackouts at an official luncheon in Paris recently, and startled guests by suddenly crowing like a cock....


At age 58, announcing his retirement as Tate director. Quoted in Frances Spalding, The Tate: A History (1998), pp. 62–70. Tate Gallery Publishing, London. ISBN 1854372319.

James Bolivar Manson Quotes

My doctor has warned me that my nerves will not stand any further strain... I have begun to have blackouts, in which my actions become automatic....

My doctor has warned me that my nerves will not stand any further strain... I have begun to have blackouts, in which my actions become automatic....

My doctor has warned me that my nerves will not stand any further strain... I have begun to have blackouts, in which my actions become automatic....

My doctor has warned me that my nerves will not stand any further strain... I have begun to have blackouts, in which my actions become automatic....