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James Agee quotes: Seems as unfounded ... to say there isn't a God as to say there is.

Seems as unfounded ... to say there isn't a God as to say there is.

James Agee quotes: The camera seems to me, next to unassisted and weaponless consciousness, the central instrument of our time.

The camera seems to me, next to unassisted and weaponless consciousness, the central instrument of our time.

James Agee quotes: Talking to that fool is like trying to put socks on an octopus!

Talking to that fool is like trying to put socks on an octopus!

James Agee quotes: God doesn't believe in the easy way.

God doesn't believe in the easy way.

James Agee quotes: Play the age as comedy if you want to get away with murder.

Play the age as comedy if you want to get away with murder.

James Agee quotes: In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again.

James Agee quotes: All of consciousness is shifted from the imagined, the revisive, to the effort to perceive simply the cruel radiance of what is

All of consciousness is shifted from the imagined, the revisive, to the effort to perceive simply the cruel radiance of what is

James Agee quotes: The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

James Agee quotes: Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people.

Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people.

James Agee quotes: The camera is just a machine, which records with impressive and as a rule very cruel faithfulness.

The camera is just a machine, which records with impressive and as a rule very cruel faithfulness.

James Agee quotes: I suspect the fault ... is in me: that I hate any job on earth, as a job and a hindrance and a semi-suicide.

I suspect the fault ... is in me: that I hate any job on earth, as a job and a hindrance and a semi-suicide.

James Agee quotes: You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

James Agee quotes: I feel as I were disintegrating and "growing up", whatever that means, simultaneously.

I feel as I were disintegrating and "growing up", whatever that means, simultaneously.

James Agee quotes: Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we were put in this world to rise above.

Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we were put in this world to rise above.

James Agee quotes: You never live an inch without involvement and hurting people and fucking yourself everlastingly.

You never live an inch without involvement and hurting people and fucking yourself everlastingly.

James Agee quotes: A girl's brain is mysterious, but only in a superficial way-a way very exasperating to me.

A girl's brain is mysterious, but only in a superficial way-a way very exasperating to me.

James Agee quotes: I know I am making the choice most dangerous to an artist in valuing life above art,

I know I am making the choice most dangerous to an artist in valuing life above art,

James Agee quotes: ...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

James Agee quotes: I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

James Agee quotes: The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself.

The goal is the same: life itself; and the price is the same; life itself.

James Agee quotes: Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too.

Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too.

James Agee quotes: Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.

Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.

James Agee quotes: God is not here, Hannah said to herself; and made a small cross upon her breastbone, against her blasphemy.

God is not here, Hannah said to herself; and made a small cross upon her breastbone, against her blasphemy.

James Agee quotes: This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

James Agee quotes: for the other sort of intimate acquaintance,

for the other sort of intimate acquaintance,

James Agee quotes: We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.

We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.