“The English have never been great artists, because it’s impossible to paint well or chisel sculptures sitting by the fire.” Karel Čapek
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That's from a 1924 piece 'I Want to Sit Down', collected in Believe in People. Čapek is very funny.
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Adore Čapek. Did big TLS piece on him once but can't find online. Just met up with Šárka T, editor of this collection, in Prague
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Found it! But now I need to work out how to get my subscription to work on the website, which has eluded me so far.
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The protocol for accessing TLS archives with sub has changed so many times, I've given up trying
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Anything on Capek in the NYr archives? Can't see anything on a quick search.
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Loved that Penguin series. My favorite of that was Pavel's How I Came to Know Fish, though all were great
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Curiously, after my initial flurry of enthusiasm, I still haven't read the other seven titles.
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