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I am a clown...and I collect moments.
An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass.
One thing is certain, anyone who collects art is not an artist.
Olvidé mencionar que soy sensible no sólo a la melancolía y a la jaqueca, sino que poseo, además, otro don casi místico: puedo percibir olores por teléfono (Bóll, Heinrich. Opiniones de un payaso, trad. Lucas Casas. México: Seix Barral, 2005 p. 14).
For the outsider--and everyone in this world is an outsider in relation to everyone else--something always seems worse or better than it does for the one directly concerned, whether that something is good luck or bad luck, an unhappy love affair or an 'artistic decline'.
I cattolici mi rendono nervoso perché sono sleali. E i protestanti? domandò ridendo, quelli mi fanno star male con quel loro pasticciare intorno alla coscienza. E gli atei? rideva ancora. Quelli mi annoiano perché parlano sempre di Dio. E lei che cos'è, in conclusione? Io sono un clown.
Există un cuvânt minunat:nimic.Nu te gândi la nimic.Gândește-te doar la clovnul care plânge în cadă,și căruia papucii îi șiroiesc a cafea.
To cling to the past is hypocrisy, because no one knows those moments.

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First published
1963
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