Quotes
Authors
Bernadette Roberts

"It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of knowing and being that entails a difficult and prolonged readjustment. the reflexive mechanism of the mind -or whatever it is that allows us to be self-conscious - is cut off or permanently suspended so the mind is ever after held in a fixed now moment out of which it cannot move in its uninterrupted gaze upon the Unknown"

-- Bernadette Roberts

#Moving Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Dear, lovely game of cricket that can stir us so profoundly, that can lift up our hearts and break them.”

Source : "Good Days". Book by Neville Cardus, 1934.
“As one California winemaker said, "We release no wine before the bank tells us that its ready."”
“A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.”
“Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.”

Source : Jerzy Grotowski (2012). “Towards a Poor Theatre”, p.259, Routledge
“Anyone who’s ever put a stamp on an envelope or a note on their refrigerator knows what it’s like to make a collage. There’s no esoteric technique.”
“Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.”
“Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.”
“In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.”

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