Philip José Farmer

Quotes

• “Can imagination actPerpendicular to fact?Can it be a kite that fliesTill the Earth, umbrella-wise,Folds and drops away from sight?”
• “Miles above the Earth we know,Fancy's rocket roars. Below,Here and Now are needles whichSew a pattern black as pitch,Waiting for the rocket's light.”
• ““Perhaps you could tell me how many angels may stand on the point of a pin?”…De Salcedo snorted. “I’ll tell you. Philosophically speaking, you may put as many angels on a pinhead as you want to. Actually speaking, you may put only as many as there is room for. Enough of that. I'm interested in facts, not fancies.””
• “Sawbeaked epitome of bodilessIdea, tossed by gusts of ether, diveThrough abstract mists and raid the sea of factEat rich strange fish, grow long bright feathers, pressForm's flesh around thought's rib, and so deriveFrom the act of beauty, beauty of the act.”
• “Beauty in this Iron Age must turnFrom fluid living rainbow shapes to tornAnd sootened fragments, ashes in an urnOn whose gray surface runes are traced by a NornWho hopes to wake the Future to ariseIn Phoenix-fashion, and to shine with raysTo blast the sight of modern men whose dyesOf selfishness and lust have stained our days...”
• “Reader, pray that soon this Iron AgeWill crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1918-01-26 ) January 26, 1918, North Terre Haute, Indiana , U.S.

Died

February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25) (aged 91), Peoria, Illinois , U.S.

Pen name

more than a dozen (below)

Occupation

Novelist, short story writer

Alma mater

Peoria High School , Bradley University

Period

c. 1952–2009

Genre

Fantasy, science fiction

Spouse

Bette V. Andre ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ) ​

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