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Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.

~Douglas Coupland

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I'm a pretty good drawer. I have trouble painting because you literally have to wait for the paint to dry. I'm disciplined, but I'm not patient.

~Douglas Coupland

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I kind of wonder if creativity is all morphing into one big thing that's not even art, but something universal and bigger.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Art Big Big Thing Bigger Creativity Even Kind Something Thing Universal Wonder

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I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Calculator Get See Think Use Vintage Want I See

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When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and it actually saves the day - you can't prejudge technologies now because they have effects you may not have intended.

~Douglas Coupland

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My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'

~Douglas Coupland

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I go to the gym three days a week. You have to or else - I don't want to be the guy that dies shoveling snow.

~Douglas Coupland

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To have a healthy culture, you have to have stable health care financing and stable arts financing and stable sports financing, and if you don't have that, your culture becomes a parking lot.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Arts Becomes Care Culture Financing Health Health Care Healthy Lot Parking Parking Lot Sports Stable You Your

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I'm starting to wonder if pop culture is in its dying days, because everyone is able to customize their own lives with the images they want to see and the words they want to read and the music they listen to. You don't have the broader trends like you used to.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Able Because Broader Culture Days Dying Everyone Images Like Listen Lives Music Own Pop Pop Culture Read See Starting Trends Used Want Wonder Words You

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I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Admire Idea Know Living Smart Very

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: December 30th, 1961

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