"The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that."

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Source : Richard Rorty (1989). “Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity”, p.6, Cambridge University Press

Richard Rorty

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“The work of art still has something in common with enchantment: it posits its own, self-enclosed area, which is withdrawn from the context of profane existence, and in which special laws apply.”
“It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.”
“Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.”

Source : Tallulah Bankhead (1952). “Tallulah: My Autobiography”, p.303, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“When I was 22, I finally reached that huge goal. Now I'm going for another one. It's so satisfying. It's something that I worked for for so long, and just to know that I got it feels so great.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.
“Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.”

Source : "A life in art: Anselm Kiefer" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2011.
“The right way is the hard way.”
“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.”
“My beloved is mine and I am his.”

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