"If a work of art is a projection of feeling, its kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many transformations, logically and inevitably."

-- Susanne Katherina Langer

#Nature Quotes #Art Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.”
“Ah, what balance is needed at the edges of such an abyss. I am left alone on the surface of a turning planet. What to do but, like Michelangelo 's Adam, put my hand out into unknown space, hoping for the reciprocating touch?”

Source : "Between Here and Now" by R. S. Thomas, ("Threshold", p. 110), 1981.
“Avice for a human. 87. Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a Galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile. 88. Which is to say: don't kill yourself. Even when the darkness is total. Always know that life is not still. Time is space. You are moving through that galaxy. Wait for the stars.”
“Every time you respond in a certain fashion, it gets easier and easier to respond.”
“I think we're entering a new period of filmmaking that's analogous to switching from black-and-white to color, or from silent to sound. The medium is completely flexible, and it's not bound by anything. If you imagine something, you can do it.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But are they smart enough to solve the problems of the 21st century?”
“I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.”

Source : Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.”

Source : "Anthology (Book 3)". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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