Thomas McMahn > Thomas's Quotes

“If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist.”
― William Gaddis, The Recognitions

“Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each work is the implementation of this original fault, from which comes a risky plenitude and new light.”
― Maurice Blanchot

“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction.”
― Oakley Hall, Warlock

“Any man who has got himself set over others and don't have any responsibility to something bigger than him is a son of a bitch.”
― Oakley Hall, Warlock