Jan-Michael Maw
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“I've never walked the same path other people found comfortable and I'm not going to start now.”
― Forbidden Pleasure
― Forbidden Pleasure

“One must avoid snobbery and misanthropy. But one must also be unafraid to criticise those who reach for the lowest common denominator, and who sometimes succeed in finding it. This criticism would be effortless if there were no "people" waiting for just such an appeal. Any fool can lampoon a king or a bishop or a billionaire. A trifle more grit is required to face down a mob, or even a studio audience that has decided it knows what it wants and is entitled to get it. And the fact that kings and bishops and billionaires often have more say than most in forming appetites and emotions of the crowd is not irrelevant, either.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian

“Try your hardest to combat atrophy and routine. To question The Obvious and the given is an essential element of the maxim 'de omnius dubitandum' [All is to be doubted].”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
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