December 2011
37 posts
“You get lonely, is what it is. A person’s not supposed to go through life with...”
– Jim Shepard (via durianquotes)
“Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things I don’t want to do.”
– Charles Bukowski (via stellablu)
“When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land....”
– Bishop Desmond Tutu: Revolutionarily (via cocknbull)
“to steal from someone and not feel bad, you either have to be a sociopath or...”
– louis C.K. (via conceptalbum)
Why Is Art So Damned Expensive? →
youmightfindyourself:
“If I can’t sell something, I just double the price.” That’s what Ernst Beyeler, the great Swiss dealer who helped found Art Basel, reportedly said. Some people actually prefer to pay more than makes sense. Zelizer explains that, in all walks of life, we treat the biggest sums -differently, with special respect or even awe, than more-everyday money. “I think very often the...
