“Despite all the talk about living for one’s children, despite all that we do for our children–usually too much–the Americcan child is not happy with his parents nor, what is worse, is he happy with himself. He sense that he is in the way, that he is a problem, that he is being bought off.” […]
“The American way of life is an illusionary kind of experience, that the price demanded for the security and abundance it pretends to offer is too great. ” –Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
“…The immature artist seldom thrives in idyllic surroundings. What he seems to need…is more first-hand experience of life–more bitter experience, in other words. In short, more struggle, more privation, more anguish, more disillusionment…Artists never thrive in colonies. Ants do. What the budding artist needs is the privilege of wrestling with his problem in solitude…” –Henry […]