“Your best men die in alleys
under a sheet of paper
while your worst men
get statues in parks
for pigeons to shit upon for centuries.
Charles Bukowkski
(from Betting on the muse 1966)
“Children whose families take them to museums & zoos, who visit historic sites,who travel abroad,or who camp in remote areas accumulate huge chunks of knowledge without even studying. For the impoverished child lacking the travel portfolio of affluence, the best way to accumulate background knowledge is by either reading or being read to.”
Jim Trelease
under a sheet of paper
while your worst men
get statues in parks
for pigeons to shit upon for centuries.
Charles Bukowkski
(from Betting on the muse 1966)
“Children whose families take them to museums & zoos, who visit historic sites,who travel abroad,or who camp in remote areas accumulate huge chunks of knowledge without even studying. For the impoverished child lacking the travel portfolio of affluence, the best way to accumulate background knowledge is by either reading or being read to.”
Jim Trelease
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)