“I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.” ThinkingWritingWellsMayDoeMomentsLife IsCoursesGivenDangerousEverydayBoringOddBoredomEveryday LifeSo Boring Author:Edward Gorey
“This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.” IfsArtCertainTheoryArt IsBoringIrritating Author:Edward Gorey
“If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny nonsense. Sunny, funny nonsense for children — oh, how boring, boring, boring. As Schubert said, there is no happy music. And that's true, there really isn't. And there's probably no happy nonsense, either.” IfsThinkingTryingChildrenSaidBoringAwfulNonsenseNo PointSunnySchubertHappy Music Book:Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews
