"A work of art is said to be perfect in proportion as it does not remind the spectator of the process by which it was created."

-- Henry Theodore Tuckerman

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“Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.”
“I rather shared Nietzsche's conception of the kind of individual that an ideal education should be cultivating. 'Authenticity' is not Nietzsche's term, but as used by some existentialists, it nicely captures what Nietzsche admired - the resolve of an individual person to forge his or her own 'table of values', to be emancipated from strait-jacketing conventions, traditions, and ideologies. As embodied in the 'Overman', authenticity is the antidote to 'bad' nihilism.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“What is a roofless cathedral to a well-built pie?”
“The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.”
“I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.”
“I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime.”
“To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can't remember a nobody's name, that's why they're called nobodies. Failures are unforgettable.”

Source : Philip Schultz (2009). “Failure”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If you use a positive word, the corners of your lips go upward and it makes you smile.”

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