Quote Artists Pt. 2
Ok, have this silent art history video playing while you read this post.
In yesterday’s post, it was mentioned that artists managed to squeeze out profound quotes that lasted through time. So how does this work? Are they all done through letters, or is there a guy who actually follows people around, looking for good quotes to write down?
I would call them quote artists, and they would be unsung observers of “profound” people. They would be paid nothing, and have nothing of their own to say. But if they did I wonder if they would quote themselves, (”Quoting is such sweet sorrow…” -Me!), or they would have to find someone else to quote them.
“Hey Wes!”
“Yo.”
“Can you quote me on this?”
“Sure. Quote, me, on, this… gotcha.”
“No, not that. I came up with something clever that I want to be quoted in text books of the future. It’s ‘Quoting is such sweet sorrow…’”
“I don’t get it.”
“Don’t worry, it will make sense in the future. Anyway, credit it as Darnell Q. Jones. No, just Q. Jones. A Q. Jones sounds like someone who would have profound things to say. For all they’d know, the Q could stand for Quotemaster.”
“What does it stand for?”
“Quotemaster.”
“Ok. Is sorrow with one or two R’s, I forget.”
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