"Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached."

-- Simone Weil

#Reality Quotes #Attachment Quotes #Want Quotes

“He's got a ring, so I'm taking home the trophy.”
“The Armstrong record that I personally like the most, is a recording of a song by Harold Arlen called, "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" . Most of Armstrong's solos tended to stick pretty close to the melody. But for some reason, it's like he let go of the tether and suddenly he's playing this beautiful high, almost abstract line that's floating above the beat. I compare it to the way that a 19th century operatic tenor might have sang an Aria because he's just completely let loose of the background and he's making this magic sort of flying above the staff.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“The great laws of the moral world do not vary, however different, under different dispensations, may be the authoritative enunciation of truth, or the means of propagating and defending it.”
“I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute.”
“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.”

Source : Edward Hopper, Hayward Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art (1981). “Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 29 March 1981 : a selection from the exhibition Edward Hopper, the art and the artist held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 16 September 1980 to 25 January 1981”
“Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.”
“Sure, as long as he ties a 56 lb. weight to each leg.”
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

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