“In the last twenty-five years a change has come over the visual habits of Americans . . . From being a wordminded people we are becoming an eyeminded people.” PeopleYearsLastsFiveBecomingHabitTwentiesVisualsFive YearsTwenty Five Book:Travel books and other writings, 1916-1941 Source: Travel books and other writings, 1916-1941
“Hemingway always used to bawl me out for including so much topical stuff. He always claimed that was a great mistake, that in fifty years nobody would understand. He may have been right; it's getting to be true.” YearsMayHas BeensUsedStuffMistakeIncludingBeing TrueFiftyGreat Mistakes Author:John Dos Passos
“The man who invented Eskimo Pie made a million dollars, so one is told, but E.E. Cummings, whose verse has been appearing off andon for three years now, and whose experiments should not be more appalling to those interested in poetry than the experiment of surrounding ice-cream with a layer of chocolate was to those interested in soda fountains, has hardly made a dent in the doughy minds of our so-called poetry lovers.” MenShouldYearsMindHas BeensMadePoetryThreeMillionsHe ManPoetLoversDollarsExperimentsIceChocolateThree YearsLayersVersesCreamPieFountainIce CreamMillion DollarsLove PoetryAppearingExperimentationSoda Author:John Dos Passos
“In certain savage tribes in New Guinea, they put the old people up in the trees and shake them once a year in the spring; if they don't fall out they let them live another year.” PeopleIfsYearsCertainFallTreeSpringShakesSavagesTribesOld PeopleGuineaAnother Year Book:Three Plays: The Garbage Man, Airways, Inc., Fortune Heights Source: Three Plays: The Garbage Man, Airways, Inc., Fortune Heights
“Why won't they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, can't they use birth control on time? I want an interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet, never stopping - rising to little monotonous peaks in our imaginations at festivals like New Year's and Easter and Christmas - But, goodness, why need they do it?” WantNeedsYearsLittlesUseTimeDiesImaginationFeetStupidBirthGoodnessInstantRisingNew YearStoppingEasterFestivalsBirth ControlMonotonousHappy New YearUnrelentingNew Years HolidayNever Stopping Author:John Dos Passos
