“It is difficult to keep the public interested. The public demands new wonders piled on new wonders. Often we don't know where our next marvel is coming from. The supply of strange ideas is not endless.” KnowsIdeasNextDifficultWonderStrangeDemandEndless Author:Donald Barthelme
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens.” LongArtMightHappensWishDifficultSimpleVirtueHonestArt IsAvailableStraightforward Author:Donald Barthelme
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.” ArtWishDifficultArt Is Author:Donald Barthelme
