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“I primarily buy art to show it off.”

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Charles Saatchi is a renowned British art collector, born on June 9, 1943. He is known for his passion and generosity in collecting modern art, which has had a profound impact on the art world. more

“What frightened me was the logic of the world; in it lay the foretaste of something incalculably powerful. Its mechanism was incomprehensible, and I could not possibly remain closeted in that windowless, bone-chilling room. Though outside lay the sea of irrationality, it was far more agreeable to swim in its waters until presently I drowned.”

World Water Rooms Powerful Sea Logic Lays Bones Swim Frightened Mechanism Chill Irrationality

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“What is society but an individual? [] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain a modicum of freedom from my terror at the illusion of the ocean called the world.”

World Individual Ocean Illusion Gains Terror

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“Fundamentally a good author has his or her own sense of style. There is a natural, deep voice, and that voice is present from the first draft of a manuscript. When he or she elaborates on the initial manuscript, it continues to strengthen and simplify that natural, deep voice.”

Firsts Voice Natural Style Initials Simplify Manuscripts Good Authors

Author:Kenzaburo Oe

“I think, we can only write very personal matters through our experience. When I named my first novel about my son "A Personal Matter," I believe I knew the most important thing: there is not any personal matter; we must find the link between ourselves, our "personal matter," and society.”

Thinking Writing Firsts Believe Important Matter I Believe Novel Son Important Things My Son Links Personal Matter

Author:Kenzaburo Oe

“To be upright and to have an imagination: that is enough to be a very good young man.”

Men Enough Young Imagination Very Good Young Man

Author:Kenzaburo Oe

“I think I am doing my works to link myself, my family, with society — with the cosmos. To link me with my family to the cosmos, that is easy, because all literature has some mystic tendency. So when we write about our family, we can link ourselves to the cosmos.”

Thinking Writing Literature Easy My Family Tendencies Our Family Cosmos Links Mystic

Author:Kenzaburo Oe

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