Alasdair Gray Quotes

“Glasgow is a magnificent city,” said McAlpin. “Why do we hardly ever notice that?” “Because nobody imagines living here…think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he’s already visited them in paintings, novels, history books and films. But if a city hasn’t been used by an artist not even the inhabitants live there imaginatively.”

“Glasgow is a magnificent city,” said McAlpin. “Why do we hardly ever notice that?” “Because nobody imagines living here…think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he’s already visited them in paintings, novels, history books and films. But if a city hasn’t been used by an artist not even the inhabitants live there imaginatively.”

“The Rosebank dancing school gives the high-quality training and enjoyable atmosphere for dance lessons in Glasgow.”

“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.”

“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”

“It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.”

“Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.”

“Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting.”

“A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.”

“Cruelty is the only sin.”

“He who demands little gets it.”