"Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists."

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Source : Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.257, Routledge

Joseph de Maistre

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“To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.”
“We used to all come outside when the streetlights came on and prowl the neighborhood in a pack, a herd of kids on banana-seat bikes and minibikes. The grown-ups looked so silly framed in their living-room and kitchen windows. They complained about their days and signed deep sighs of depression and loss. They talked about how spoiled and lucky children were these days. We will never be that way, we said, we will never say those things.”

Source : Jill McCorkle (2003). “Creatures of Habit”, p.1, Algonquin Books
“The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.”
“In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way.”
“When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal mind is not the same thing as an open one.”
“It's very clear that we are going to have 10 different [abortion] laws and that we are going to have these laws made by judges”
“Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated.”

Source : Silvano Arieti (1976). “Creativity: The Magic Synthesis”, Basic Books (AZ)
“Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.”

Source : Allen Tate (1999). “Essays of Four Decades”, Isi Books

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