“If the Buddhist's job is to be detached, I think that the artist's job is to be both detached and attached.” IfsThinkingJobsArtistBuddhistDetached Author:Gerald Stern
“I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally.” FeelsJobsArtist Author:Gerald Stern
“I floundered in my twenties. Though I wore a long scarf. And when I got to be thirty I got a job at Temple University in Philadelphia. I worked there for seven years, and I finally got fired, mostly for political reasons.” YearsLongReasonJobsPoliticalTwentiesSevenUniversityThirtyTemplesSeven YearsPhiladelphiaScarves Author:Gerald Stern