"I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, . . . conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality."

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Source : Carolee Schneemann (2003). “Imaging Her Erotics: Essays, Interviews, Projects”, p.47, MIT Press

Carolee Schneemann

#Stress Quotes #Eye Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.”
“The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.”
“Alcohol is the devil and I need Chinese food.”
“The cell was the first invention of the animal kingdom, and all higher animals are and must be cellular in structure. Our tissues were formed ages on ages ago; they have all persisted. Most of our organs are as old as worms. All these are very old, older than the mountains.”
“At our most elemental, we are not a chemical reaction, but an energetic charge. Human beings and all living things are a coalescence of energy in a field of energy connected to every other thing in the world. This pulsating energy field is the central engine of our being and our consciousness, the alpha and the omega of our existence.”

Source : Lynne McTaggart (2012). “The Field Updated Ed: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe”, p.23, Harper Collins
“What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.91, W. W. Norton & Company
“I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.”
“I'm a bit skeptical about the possibilities for resistant fiction, and even more despondent over the potential for politically engaged writing to do much of anything outside the dominant means of production and distribution.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com

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