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“That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.”

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Charles Bukowski, born on August 16, 1920, was an influential American poet. Known for his unique style and profound depiction of the lives of the underclass in America, he is considered one of the representatives of the Beat Generation. more

“I remembered my New Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to have leisure to write. But starvation, unfortunately, didn't improve art. It only hindered it. A man's soul was rooted in his stomach. A man could write much better after eating a porterhouse steak and drinking a pint of whiskey than he could ever write after eating a nickel candy bar. The myth of the starving artist was a hoax.”

“"Baby," I said. "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me."”

Knows Said Baby Genius Nobody Knows

Author:Charles Bukowski

“The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop.”

Ifs World Bigs Lasts Four Built Window Finals Edges Twelve Apartment Cliffs Living On Edge Of The World Living On The Edge

Author:Charles Bukowski

“For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.”

Ends Arcs

Author:Charles Bukowski

“There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a writer. Almost everybody was a writer. Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer. Of those fifty guys in the room, probably fifteen of them thought they were writers. Almost everybody used words and could write them down, i.e., almost everybody could be a writer. But most men, fortunately, aren't writers, or even cab drivers, and some men - many men - unfortunately aren't anything.”

Men Writing Body Wanted Jobs America Used Guy Rooms Fifty Drivers Fifteen Mechanic Automobile Dentist Cab Cab Drivers Looking For A Job Jobs In America

Author:Charles Bukowski

“She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be.”

Way Enough Beautiful Desperate Choosy

Author:Charles Bukowski

“There's more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty.”

Ifs Truth Beauty Chaos East Of Eden

Author:John Steinbeck

“Art needs an operation”

Needs Art Operations

Book:Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

Source: Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.”

Way Children Desire Accepting Tree Gratitude Blessing Expectations Unconditional Love Unconditional Love Your Children

Author:Isabel Allende

“You would be miserable if you had to go through life with a human doormat with 'Welcome' written on him. You want some one made of sterner stuff. You want, as it were, a sparring-partner, some one with whom you can quarrel happily with the certain knowledge that he will not curl up in a ball for you to kick, but will be there with the return wallop.”

Source: Piccadilly Jim: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Quote by Charles Bukowski

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