"The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection of a pre-existing truth, but, like art, the act of bringing truth into being."

--

Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1962). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.19, Psychology Press

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

#Art Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Reflection Quotes

“Too many people think that finding the reason God placed us here on earth will come in one assignment with a big title and complete job description. I believe that discovering our purpose will unfold slowly, like a seed planted deep in the ground.”
“My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.”
“A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.”

Source : Merry A. Foresta, Irving Penn, William F. Stapp, National Museum of American Art (U.S.), National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) (1990). “Irving Penn master images: the collections of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery”, Smithsonian Inst Pr
“I've been collecting photos for a long time, I mean since I started making money. But what you have had to go through to find a good photo is like a needle in the haystack sometimes. You'll drive from one gallery to the next gallery to the next gallery. It's not an easy process. It's a very ancient model that just hasn't caught up with the times.”
“You know what intimacy is? It's into-me-you-see...”

Source : "A Conversation with Martin de Maat". The Monthly Aspectarian, August 1998.
“It is sunlight in modified form which turns all the windmills and water wheels and the machinery which they drive. It is the energy derived from coal and petroleum (fossil sunlight) which propels our steam and gas engines, our locomotives and automobiles. ... Food is simply sunlight in cold storage.”

Source : John Harvey Kellogg “The New Dietetics, What to Eat and How”, Рипол Классик
“As man is so constituted that it is utterly impossible for him to attain happiness save by seeking the happiness of others, so does it seem to be of the nature of things that individuals and classes can obtain their own just rights only by struggling for the rights of others.”
“God shall be my last discovery.”

You may also like:

Edmund Husserl
Philosopher
Emmanuel Levinas
Philosopher
Gilles Deleuze
Philosopher
Henri Bergson
Philosopher
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
Michel Foucault
Philosopher
Paul Ricoeur
Philosopher