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‘—dramatised life is bound to distort—how it distorts—the perversity—is—the hero—made in the image of our most destructive & anti-social fantasies—I'm criticising from—simplest—most human position—Van Gogh was the genius he was—not 'cause he could see no way out—but 'cause he could write 'I admire the bull—eagle & man w/ such—intense adoration that it will certainly prevent me from ever becoming an ambitious person'’
— Dec 17, 2025 03:25PM
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‘Everyone remembers—he cut off his ear. Few know—he said: ‘The cart one draws must be useful to people whom one does not know’; and—he dedicated his life to trying to make this true. Lust for Life—film—by Minnelli—is interesting precisely in so far as it unconsciously reveals this need to exploit the artist’s unhappiness. I say ‘unconsciously reveals’ because this film is not just a sensational catch-dollar affair—’
— Dec 16, 2025 04:01PM
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‘The title Permanent Red was never meant to imply that I would not change. It was to claim that I would never compromise my opposition to bourgeois culture and society. In agreeing to the re-issue of the book I repeat the claim.’
— Dec 14, 2025 11:39AM
