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Obviously, there is pleasure in the execution of any sort of art, and using language, as Nabokov felt also, is an exquisite process.

Obviously, there is pleasure in the execution of any sort of art, and using language, as Nabokov felt also, is an exquisite process.

Joyce Carol Oates
Art, Execution, Language
"Writing Lessons From the Madly Prolific Joyce Carol Oates". Interview with Alexander Sammon, www.motherjones.com. September 10, 2016.

Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?

Joyce Carol Oates
Lying, Language, Cases
Joyce Carol Oates (1993). “Foxfire: confessions of a girl gang”, E P Dutton

Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that we have failed to see it.

Joyce Carol Oates
Language, Paradox, Knows

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