I've read all these books and suggest you read them too. Most of these books are very quoteable.
Air Guitar - Dave Hickey
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I must confess, I read this book because Dave Hickey was going to be a guest speaker at my school. I'm very glad I did. Full of amusing anecdotes, Hickey unsnobs contemporary art and gives some good accounts of jazz in the process. |
The Art Of Looking Sideways - Alan Fletcher
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I bought this book because it was the biggest book in the entire store. It also engrossed me the second I picked it up to wander through, and wander I did. Full of quotes, little stories and ways to inspire and enlighten. |
The Elements of Expression - Arthur Plotnik
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I kept this book after I read about how to write romantically (pg 157) Sincerity is rarely a question in hostile expression. Hostility has become so natural that we assume the words are meant, whether fresh or borrowed. The statement "I hate your stinking guts," as unoriginal as it may be, is assumed to come from the heart and certainly goes to the heart no matter how many times used. But the language of courtship is different. "I love the twinkle in your eyes" is in trouble immediate as a clichˇ. Does it come fromt he heart? Doubtful. Too facile, too generic; it could apply to a pet cockatoo. Does it go to the heart? No, unless the recipient is so desperate for affection that even "You ain't half as ugly as I first thought" weakens the knees. For a book on how to structure sentences and all that boring stuff, the author does an amazing job in keeping the book light and fun to read. I recommend almost everything I've had a chance to have read. |
