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"Rural and traditional escapism. That's my angle. Places and events where we are free to relax and be ourselves, where nobody tells us to hurry along or conform or grow up. Somewhere we can properly live."
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"You can either buy clothes or buy pictures," she said. "It's that simple. No one who is not very rich can do both. Pay no attention to your clothes and no attention at all to the mode, and buy your clothes for comfort and durability, and you will have the clothes money to buy pictures."
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"The bed is just a decoration in a busy man's bedroom."
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"Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste."
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"Never miss day without a walk."
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"A person who is in a constant rat race seldom has time to think whether or not he is living his life properly."
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"Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don't introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar."
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"A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion of all the others. Has everybody a different opinion? Then it is a literary milieu."
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"The sedentary life...is the real sin against the holy spirit."
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"It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want to make sure I get the facts down clearly : I'm the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I'm the type of person who doesn't find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two everyday running alone, not speaking to anyone as well as four of five hours at my desk, to be neither difficult or boring."
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"I believe in a glamorous life. I believe in the everyday application of the outrageous."
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"The past informs the present."
History
"Angling is a sport, so sporting ethics should apply."
Ethics
"I like working among 'creative clutter'. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement."
Creativity
"You can escape completely, seeking an alternative life, or you can play the game and go absent without leave. How you do it is up to you."
Freedom
"We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become."
Society
"I wish for a simple life."
Simplicity
"If I can't garden in it, then I won't wear it."
Lifestyle
"Writing ink is the magic that allows nothing to become something. It catches the fleeting idea and seeks out the glances of those who wish to see. Even a random ink splat will mean something to someone."
Creativity
"Be patient, persistent and above all, believe."
Perseverance
"Imagination is the real magic that exists in this world. Look inwards, to see outwards. And capture it in writing."
Creativity
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