Arthur Cravan

“All disenchantment is to me a malady, which, it is true, certain circumstances may render inevitable, but which none the less, when it occurs, is to be cured as soon as possible, not to be regarded as a higher form of wisdom.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

“The final test of a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.”
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel

“Being an artist doesn't take much. Just everything you got. Which means of course that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it's no big deal. They are one in the same and cannot be avoided or denied. So when I totally embrace this process, this life/death, and abandon myself to it completely, I transcend all this gibberish and hang out with the gods. It seems to me that that is worth the price of admission.”
― Hubert Selby Jr.

“Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.”
― Joe Klein, Primary Colors