Richard McKenna Quotes

• My early book learning came to me as naturally as the seasons in … the little town in which I grew up. … Quite early I began to find a special charm in an unpeopled world … of lava rock and sagebrush desert. … I was often more purely happy at such times than I think I have ever been since.

  Richard McKenna

  Book, Thinking, Rocks

  Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub

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• The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted.

  Richard McKenna

  Machines, Way, Taking Things For Granted

  Richard McKenna (2010). “The Sand Pebbles”, p.13, RosettaBooks

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• Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.

  Richard McKenna

  Art, Responsibility, Men

  Richard McKenna (1972). “New eyes for old: nonfiction writings”, John F Blair Pub

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• Being dead is being weak and walled off.

  Richard McKenna

  Weak

  Richard McKenna (1973). “Casey Agonistes: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• You can't just plain die. You got to do it by the book.

  Richard McKenna

  Book, Dies

  Richard McKenna (1973). “Casey Agonistes: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories”, HarperCollins Publishers

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