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.

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

I still notice the burned house, mornings, when I walk along the beach. "Well, obviously I do not notice....

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....

Still, how I nearly felt. In the midst of all that looking.

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....