32 Quotes by Alasdair Gray

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    Metaforen är ett av tankens väsentligaste verktyg. Den belyser vad som annars skulle ligga helt i mörker. Men denna belysning blir ibland så klar att den bländar istället för avslöjar.

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    Glasgow is a magnificent city,” said McAlpin. “Why do we hardly ever notice that?” “Because nobody imagines living here…think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he’s already visited them in paintings, novels, history books and films. But if a city hasn’t been used by an artist not even the inhabitants live there imaginatively.

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    Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses.

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    I distrust speech therapy. Words are the language of lies and evasions. Music cannot lie. Music talks to the heart.

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