"Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge."

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Muriel Barbery

#Shapes Quotes #Talent Quotes #Invisible Quotes

“Since science is fashionable today, it allows its fraternity to propose cloddish monstrosities as a solution to man's problems in many fields. Fashion rules and, anyway, who but the experts can even dare to speak up?”

Source : Frank Schaeffer (1982). “A time for anger: the myth of neutrality”, Good News Publishers
“I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from the rain, the smell of food and wine, interesting conversation, daylight falling weakly on the polished cherrywood of the tables. It took so little to move the mood from one level to another, as one might push pieces on a chessboard. Even to be aware of this, in the midst of a happy moment, was to push one of those pieces, and to become slightly less happy.”
“Getting help for substance abuse can be reduced to the deceptively simple focus of â€˜keeping away from the dope.â€™ But what does getting help with depression mean? Learning to keep away from your own mind?”
“Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.”
“Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate”
“I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of â€œgrisâ€. But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see.”
“The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.”
“I don't want to brag, but I have an amazing fanbase. My entire career has just been supported by them. I did just sign a record deal, but the whole thing is really just run by them. It's all based on my relationship with my fans. I call them friends and fans, because I hang out with a lot of them.”

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