“A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips and teaches us to perceive reality differently.” WorldRealityEyeArtistTeachEarsScalesPerceiveRemoveOur WorldGreat ArtGlovesGreat ArtistPlugsFingertips Author:John Edgar Wideman
“We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers.” IfsWorldTroubleIntenseDreamerScrewsScrew Ups Author:John Edgar Wideman
“There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldDreamFightingStarsPayAttentionGoes OnCriticizeAmerican HistoryConstructsFloating Author:John Edgar Wideman
“Our thoughts, our language, are always at a distance from whatever they're trying to describe. We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers. That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is. There is no American or Frenchhistory. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDreamFightingLanguageAttentionTroubleDistanceTerrorIntenseCriticizeDreamerBeing Human Author:John Edgar Wideman
