Sign in with Facebook
“You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.”
―
―
“People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it.”
―
―
“Every technology will alienate you from some part of your life. That is its job. Your job is to notice. First notice the difference. And then, every time, choose.”
―
―
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”
― A Book of Burlesques
― A Book of Burlesques
“What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence, the belief that there was plenty of territory to explore, and above all the sense that art, in the most disinterested and noble way, could find the necessary metaphors by which a radically changing culture could be explained to its inhabitants.”
― The Shock of the New
― The Shock of the New
Colin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Colin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,524 books
|
81 friends
57 books
|
19 friends
1 book
|
80 friends
1 book
|
16 friends
1 book
|
19 friends
2 books
|
1 friend
1 book
|
11 friends
1 book
|
3 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Colin
Lists liked by Colin
