Friday, July 02, 2004

for the sake of clarity

And having refuted Ms. Stein, if you don't get it, I'll let her come to my rescue:

Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly you mean what you mean. But if you
have vitality enough of knowing enough of what you
mean, somebody and sometime and sometimes a great
many will have to realize that you know what you mean
and so they will agree that you mean what you know,
what you know you mean, which is as near as anybody
can come to understanding any one.


I feel much better now

That's from Four in America, (1947).

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