Lipton’s Journal/January 31, 1955/359: Difference between revisions

There is one other fear about Bob which is justifiable perhaps. I’m not at all sure he’s the revolutionary—he is so capable of turning back to be the mere reformer. Which means my ideas will be abused. But this is quibbling. I have jumped on a stray lack of elation. The fact is that I would have been much less delighted, much more depressed if my ideas had not stimulated him because the modest part of me knows that everything created is a dead end unless it serves to stimulate the artist{{refn|{{NM}} never stopped stating that it was the work of other artists that gave him new ideas and impetus, and that he hoped that his had a similar effect.}} and others to go beyond. And Bob can go places I cannot go, just as the same is true for me. Once I get rid of more {{LJ:S}}, my {{LJ:H}} may be more content with being a part of the whole instead of the whole.

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