"German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness."

-- Adrienne Monnier

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“Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know itâ€™s going to be okay.”
“Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital that is conducive to development, peace, justice and civility.”
“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.”

Source : James Stephens (2015). “The Crock of Gold”, p.93, Booklassic
“There is indeed something omnivorous about the act of photography. It offers a way of responding to everything about everything.”

Source : Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, Lucy R. Lippard, St. Louis Art Museum (1997). “Defining eye: women photographers of the 20th century : selections from the Helen Kornblum collection”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
“Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six." "Right." "And you're the oldest." "Yes." "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.”
“Never accept the initial premise of the opposition.”
“I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art, it is because I wish to avoid the endless arguments some other name would bring forth.”

Source : Allan Kaprow, Jeff Kelley (2003). “Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life”, p.21, Univ of California Press
“Cognition modifies the knower so as to adapt him harmoniously to his acquired knowledge.”

Source : Ludwik Fleck (1981). “Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact”, p.86, University of Chicago Press

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