Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser.
We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second. - Adam Gopnik
We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.
- Adam Gopnik
The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for something t… - Adam Gopnik
The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for something t…
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell a story that… - Adam Gopnik
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell a story that…
The loneliness of the expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped. - Adam Gopnik
The loneliness of the expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped.
Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers… - Adam Gopnik
Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers…
Art without accomplishment becomes a form of faith, sustained more by the intensity of its common practice than by the pleasure it gives to its adher… - Adam Gopnik
Art without accomplishment becomes a form of faith, sustained more by the intensity of its common practice than by the pleasure it gives to its adher…
Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities. - Adam Gopnik
Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities.
What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity. - Adam Gopnik
What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.
Wit and puns aren't just décor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in it… - Adam Gopnik
Wit and puns aren't just décor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in it…
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