Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Tags: #Time, #Good, #Irony, #KarlWilhelmFriedrichSchlegel, #German, #PoetMini who’s who: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel : German Poet Born:...
I am aware it’s easy and may be fashionable to pose with a slum child, and the irony of getting the media along means that it can come across as disingenuous. But you take these things on board, and you hope you mean it whenever you get stuck into something....
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. — Lionel Trilling Tags: #Irony, #Impossible, #Weapon, #LionelTrilling, #American, #CriticMini who’s who: Lionel Trilling : American...
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way. — John Zorn Tags: #Work, #Irony, #Wit, #JohnZorn, #American, #ComposerMini who’s who: John Zorn : American Composer Born: September 2,...
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. — Maurice Sendak Tags: #Father, #Irony, #Witty, #MauriceSendak, #American, #ArtistMini who’s who: Maurice Sendak : American Artist Born: June 10, 1928 Died: May 8,...
