Friday, August 27, 2010
Farewell Quotes
[KI tutorial]
Mr Tan: Why do I hear a piano?
Yicheng: Because we bought you on for Teachers' Day!
Mr Tan: Aww. You shouldn't have.
Darryl: That's why we didn't!
Mr Tan: Ah, but it's the thought that counts, hm?
[Incidentally we were talking about 'artists' intention' and 'it's the thought that counts' in conceptual Art. Jokes aren't that funny when you explain it, though]
Mr Tan: 'Opera' would be considered 'high art'. Comparatively, 'low art' would be...
Darryl: Justin Bieber!
Mr Tan: It's like producing Rolls Royce, then smashing the windows to sell it to you cheaper. Smash the windows and call it a Toyota. ...which is the car I drive.
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Opening the Cage: 14 Variations on 14 Words
"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry." - John Cage
I have to say poetry and is that nothing and am I saying it
I am and I have poetry to say and is that nothing saying it
I am nothing and I have poetry to say and that is saying it
I that am saying poetry have nothing and it is I and to say
And I say that I am to have poetry and saying it is nothing
I am poetry and nothing and saying it is to say that I have
To have nothing is poetry and I am saying that and I say it
Poetry is saying I have nothing and I am to say that and it
Saying nothing I am poetry and I have to say that and it is
It is and I am and I have poetry saying say that to nothing
It is saying poetry to nothing and I say I have and am that
Poetry is saying I have it and I am nothing and to say that
And that nothing is poetry I am saying and I have to say it
Saying poetry is nothing and to that I say I am and have it
ARES God of WAR 0 Aresians