"Our attempt at focusing must give way to the vacant all-embracing stare"

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Source : Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.67, Univ of California Press

Anton Ehrenzweig

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“Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body.”
“Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.”
“There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesn't show. If a writer omits something because he does not know it then there is a hole in the story.”
“I could never dream of being cool.”
“Success can corrupt; usefulness can only exalt.”
“I knew I was going bald when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face.”
“A virtuous girl never chases after boys; who ever saw a mousetrap chasing mice?”
“It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one.”

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