Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify.Of Beauty and Consternation, The New Yorker, 1976
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John Updike was an American novelist, poet, and critic, best known for his vivid and introspective portrayals of American middle-class life. Throughout his prolific career, he received numerous accolades, including two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, for his works such as the "Rabbit" series and "The Witches of Eastwick."
1932–2009·lived 76 years
Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify.Of Beauty and Consternation, The New Yorker, 1976
Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p. 61, 1989
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.The New Yorker, The Newness of America, 1990
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
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