Salman Rushdie Quotes on art

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness.. view

By: Salman Rushdie

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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep... view

By: Salman Rushdie

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