"What is important to me in my work is the identity that is hidden behind so-called reality. I search for a bridge from the given present tot the invisible, rather as a famous cabalist once said, 'If you wish to grasp the invisible, penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible'."

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Source : "On my painting". Max Beckmann's Speech during the exhibition 'Twentieth-Century German Art', London, July 21, 1938.

Max Beckmann

#Reality Quotes #Bridges Quotes #Important Quotes

“The goal of revival is conformity to the image of Christ, not imitation of animals.”
“I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?”
“I will be the 43-year-old guy in the jumpsuit. In my estimation and my image of myself is that I am 23 and can get away with it. If I didn't have the show, I would be in one right now. It would be denim, but I love a terry.”
“Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality.”
“I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.”
“There are many today who believe that there are people running around this world right now who are performing greater miracles, performing miracles in greater abundance, and actually doing more incredible acts of divine healing than Jesus himself did. I canâ€™t think of any more serious delusion than that...”
“No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less. / Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (2012). “Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too”, p.228, W. W. Norton & Company
“As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.”

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