"The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him. Otherwise, his pictures will be like those folding screens behind which one expects to find only the sick or the dead."

-- Caspar David Friedrich

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“Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.”
“Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipollence of the objects and reasons thus opposed we are brought firstly to a state of mental suspense and next to a state of "unperturbedness" or quietude.”

Source : Sextus (Empiricus.) (1933). “Sextus Empiricus”, Loeb Classical Library
“Since the 1980s, we have given the rich a bigger slice of our pie in the belief that they would create more wealth, making the pie bigger than otherwise possible in the long run. The rich got the bigger slice of the pie all right, but they have actually reduced the pace at which the pie is growing.”
“Thereâ€™s nothing like the first kiss once youâ€™ve been pronounced husband and wife. Itâ€™s such a wonderful moment!”
“Anger is fire. It burns inside. It destroys.”
“To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.”
“...the music seems creepy, like when children sing in a horror movie”
“I think thatâ€™s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That itâ€™s not a secret at all; men just donâ€™t know how to listen.”

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