"To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills."

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Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1953). “Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes”

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#Men Quotes #Granted Quotes

“Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.”
“Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until Story of O no woman to my knowledge had said it.”
“Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.”
“The immediate need for education and practice in using our natural resources of soil, forest, water, wildlife and areas of inspirational beauty to the best advantage of all, for this generation and others to come, is again apparent to every observant citizen.”
“I don't think I'm anything like the improviser. I'm not. I do better with at least an outline.”
“I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.”
“Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.”
“The artist must create himself or be born again.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1981). “Light Up the Cave”, p.39, New Directions Publishing

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