Saul Steinberg (65 works)

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“You may ask, who was the wisest person I have ever met in my life? It was a man, although, as you understand, this is not at all obvious and not at all necessary. I am talking about the graphic artist Saul Steinberg, now deceased, like everyone else I knew. I could ask him anything, and in exactly six seconds he would give the perfect answer - loud, booming, almost rude. He was from Romania. He spent his childhood in the house where he In their own words, the geese looked into the windows.

I asked him: “Sol, how should I feel about Picasso?”

Six seconds - and he answered: “God sent him to Earth to show us all what it means to be truly RICH.”

I asked, “Sol, I’m a writer. Many of my friends are also writers, and some of them are quite good ones. But every time we talk, we speak different languages, as if we are doing completely different things. Why is this happening?"

Six seconds - and he answered: “It’s very simple. There are two types of creative people. This does not mean that some are better than others. It’s just that some people respond with their creativity to the events of their personal history, while others respond to life in general.”

I asked: “Sol, are you a gifted person?”

Six seconds - and like a bolt from the blue, his roar was heard: “No! Despite the fact that my creativity touches you. What resonates in your soul is the artist’s struggle with his limitations.”
(Kurt Vonnegut. “A Man Without a Country, or America Raged”).