Buk quote confirm/debunk thread

[Joseph K]

Since we get newcomers every week with quotes, perhaps it would be a good idea to have this thread as a first-call.

Got a new one spotted in the wild: "An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way."

 

[zobraks]

Cough-cough...

I believe newcomers should be directed to proper threads when they exist, like in this case.

 

[d gray]

"An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way."

are you confirming or debunking that one?

 

[Joseph K]

Cough-cough...

I believe newcomers should be directed to proper threads when they exist, like in this case.

Ahh, Zobraks provides us with our first confirmed "confirmed".

are you confirming or debunking that one?

I'll go with Buk on this... I guess we could debate the merits of everything attributed to Buk on a philosophical basis. But then, what is truth? Makes you think...

Ellipses... habit... out of... control...

 

[the only good poet]

I guess we could debate the merits of everything attributed to Buk on a philosophical basis. But then, what is truth? Makes you think...

"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker." :aerb: