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pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
"A poem is never finished, only abandoned."
—Paul Valéry
This seems to be the most common variant of this quote, though I can't verify it's source. Billy Collins uses another version of this at the beginning of his poem, January in Paris: "Poems are never completed—they are only abandoned."
There are also other variants, attributed to other folk, none of which I can verify. The most common of these is attributed to Oscar Wilde: "Books are never finished, they are merely abandoned."
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." —Leonardo da Vinci
"A work of art is never finished, only abandoned." —Anonymous
It's a jungle out there is quote attribution land.
And yesterday, one of my "colleagues" at work critiqued the Truman Capote quote I recently posted. "Other Voices, Other Rooms is a story collection," he said.
"That's right."
"Then this isn't a very good attribution. You should have said which story it's from."
"Thank you for your input," I said. Although he had a point, I wanted to add, "I know concentrating on the message makes you uncomfortable and this is your way of avoiding letting it in." Whatevs. We all deal with things as we're able.
"A poem is never finished, only abandoned."
—Paul Valéry
This seems to be the most common variant of this quote, though I can't verify it's source. Billy Collins uses another version of this at the beginning of his poem, January in Paris: "Poems are never completed—they are only abandoned."
There are also other variants, attributed to other folk, none of which I can verify. The most common of these is attributed to Oscar Wilde: "Books are never finished, they are merely abandoned."
"Art is never finished, only abandoned." —Leonardo da Vinci
"A work of art is never finished, only abandoned." —Anonymous
It's a jungle out there is quote attribution land.
And yesterday, one of my "colleagues" at work critiqued the Truman Capote quote I recently posted. "Other Voices, Other Rooms is a story collection," he said.
"That's right."
"Then this isn't a very good attribution. You should have said which story it's from."
"Thank you for your input," I said. Although he had a point, I wanted to add, "I know concentrating on the message makes you uncomfortable and this is your way of avoiding letting it in." Whatevs. We all deal with things as we're able.