"Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love."

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Source : "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

Milan Kundera

#Giving Quotes #Birth Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
“An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
“People can portray me anyway they want because I donâ€™t give a damnâ€¦ But donâ€™t you analyze me and donâ€™t you tell me what I am until you get close enough to understand what I am. Then you can make an analysis of me. But donâ€™t you dare do it until then.”
“All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.”
“What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude : the aims of friendship , religion , science , and art .”
“If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.”

Source : "Bones Inspiration Kathy Reichs Writes Episode 5.20 The Witch in the Wardrobe". Interview with Alan Orange, tvweb.com. May 4, 2010.
“All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it.”

Source : "Culture: Caspar D. Friedrich and the Wasteland", by Gjermund E. Jansen in "Bits of News", March 3, 2005.
“Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.”

Source : Karen White (2007). “Learning to Breathe”, p.271, Penguin

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