"Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead."

-- Semir Zeki

#Reality Quotes #Artist Quotes #Brain Quotes

“When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.”
“India always changes people, and I have been no exception”

Source : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2016). “Heat and Dust”, p.7, Counterpoint
“Finding out the truth is only half of it. It's what you do with it that matters.”
“The answer, usually, is no. Wisdom is a quality that defies easy definition but psychologists who study aging have found that some of its components - judgment, emotional regulation - do improve with age in most people, consciously or not. Of course there is a subset of people out there who are sitting in their rocking chairs, spewing hate, but my guess is that these people weren't very pleasant to begin with, ... The reality is that the data are fairly convincing that people as they get older become more positive and less self-absorbed.”
“I'm trying to make the perfect dance, that's what drives me.”
“For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.”
“Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.”
“Radiation, unlike smoking, drinking, and overeating, gives no pleasure, so the possible victims object.”

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