"The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images."

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Source : "On the nature of visions". Lecture in Vienna, 1912.

Oskar Kokoschka

#Focus Quotes #Perception Quotes #Awareness Quotes

“The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression.”
“I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.”
“Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they're not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.”
“Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't spring full-blown as Bach or Picasso; they needed models. This is especially true of writing.”
“When man obliterates wilderness, he repudiates the life force, which put him on this planed in a bad way, and in a truly terrifying sense, he is on his own.”
“The thing about 'Soft Machine' and me was that I never considered another profession.”

Source : "Kevin Ayers: 'I never considered another profession' - one of his final interviews". Interview with Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.
“Women still can't have it all.”

Source : Joan C. Williams, Rachel Dempsey, Anne-Marie Slaughter (2014). “What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know”, p.129, NYU Press
“I think there's something unfortunate about the attention that performers get in our media, but the weight of government propaganda is so heavy that anyone with a different point of view who has access to the media has a responsibility to use it.”

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