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“Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.”

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Elias Canetti, born on July 25, 1905 and died on August 14, 1994, was a renowned novelist from Bulgaria. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word Memory begins. Do not forget to make proper arrangements for your last will and testament: speaking personally, I ask that I be taken to the cemetery in a moving van. May my friends destroy every last copy of the printing of the Speech concerning the Modicum of Reality.”

“Architecture is either the prophecy of an unformed society or the tomb of a finished one.”

Finished Architecture Prophecy Tombs

Book:Findings and keepings: analects for an autobiography

Source: Findings and keepings: analects for an autobiography

“Every work of art is an abstraction from time; it denies the reality of change and decay and death.”

Art Reality Art Is Deny Works Of Art Decay Abstraction

Book:Mumford on Modern Art in the 1930s

Source: Mumford on Modern Art in the 1930s

“Safety razors make it hard to grow beards in America: America would be a better place if there were a few bearded, savage, terrible old men.”

Ifs Men Hard Would Be America Grows Terrible Safety Old Man Savages Better Place Beard Razors

Book:My works and days: a personal chronicle

Source: My works and days: a personal chronicle

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