"The science of style as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style."

-- Thomas de Quincey

#Ideas Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Style Quotes

“When I take photographs, my body inevitably enters a trancelike state. Briskly weaving my way through the avenues, every cell in my body becomes as sensitive as radar, responsive to the life of the streets... If I were to give it words, I would say: "I have no choice... I have to shoot this... I can't leave this place for another's eyes... I have to shoot it... I have no choice." An endless, murmuring refrain.”
“When I hear modern people complain of being lonely then I know what has happened. They have lost the cosmos.”
“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasnâ€™t important.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.71, Penguin
“Nothing in the world is difficult, it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so.”
“The environment is becoming so much a central concern, I see environmental concerns just bleeding into poetries all over the place. My hope is that we won't have these environmental poets tucked over here and everybody else doing cool stuff with language and consciousness elsewhere, but that all of it will become one thing.”
“The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.”
“Keep the faith, keep the faith, keep working.”
“I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.”

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