Quotes by : David Markson

Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played....

Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I....

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Coincidences undeniably imply meaning.I am rereading Hart Crane.I notice the dateOn which he stepped....

I like Mr. Dickens’ books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackeray’s daughters.

Although one curious thing that might sooner or later cross the woman's mind would be that she had paradoxically....

Have I ever said that Turner once actually had himself lashed to the mast of a ship, to be able to later....

Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that....

Once, I had a dream of fame. Generally, even then, I was lonely.

You can learn more by going to the opera than you ever can by reading Emerson. Like that there are two....