"The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring with us nothing from life, no knowledge of its affairs and ideas, no familiarity with its emotions."

-- Clive Bell

#Appreciation Quotes #Art Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.”
“What?" It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow.”
“The greatest crisis of our lives is neither economic, intellectual, nor even what we usually call religious. It is a crisis of imagination. We get stuck on our paths because we are unable to reimagine our lives differently from what they are right now. We hold on desperately to the status quo, afraid that if we let go, we will be swept away by the torrential undercurrents of our emptiness.”

Source : FaceBook post by Marc Gafni from Aug 26, 2015
“We cannot take credit for our record avancement in certain scientific fields alone. We have been helped, and we have been helped by the people of other worlds.”
“Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.”
“But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.”
“I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms.”
“Memory is the medium of the must-have-been.”

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