Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an… — Quoted

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“Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.”

Raymond Chandler · Intelligence

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Raymond Chandler

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

Art

Raymond Chandler

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Food

Raymond Chandler

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

Power

Raymond Chandler

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.

Age