“In
our time [the Sixties], we were clamorous and vain. I speak not only for myself
here, but for all those with whom I shared the era and what I think of as its
attitudes. We wanted it all; sometimes we confused self-destructiveness with
virtue and talent, obliteration with ecstasy, heedlessness with courage.” —Robert
Stone, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties (2007)Thursday, June 18, 2015
Quote of the Day (Robert Stone, on Being ‘Clamorous and Vain’ in the ‘60s)
“In
our time [the Sixties], we were clamorous and vain. I speak not only for myself
here, but for all those with whom I shared the era and what I think of as its
attitudes. We wanted it all; sometimes we confused self-destructiveness with
virtue and talent, obliteration with ecstasy, heedlessness with courage.” —Robert
Stone, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties (2007)
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