'The power of our muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from it, and then one is doomed to repeat oneself. The only thing that count is curiosity. It will express itself less in the fear of doing the same thing over again than in the desire not to go where one has already been.'

 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov

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What is the differece between a street and a road?

 

'It is not a question of size (some urban streets are wider than country roads). A road heads out of town, while a street stays there, so you find roads in the country but not streets. If a street leads to a road , you are heading out of town. If a road turn into a street you are heading into town. Keep on it long enough and a road will eventually turn into a street but not necessarily vice versa (a street can be an end in itself). Streets must have houses on either side of them to be streets. The best streets urge you to stay; the road is an endless incentive to leave.'

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Geoff Dyer