"Every normal human being (and not merely the 'artist') has an inexhaustible store of buried images in his subconscious, it is merely a matter of courage or liberating procedures ... of voyages into the unconscious, to bring pure and unadulterated found objects to light."

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Source : Max Ernst, Ian Turpin, Julian Stallabrass (1993). “Ernst”, Phaidon Press

Max Ernst

#Artist Quotes #Light Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before.”
“Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.”

Source : Muriel Spark (2018). “A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark”, p.21, New Directions Publishing
“In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is â€“ i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts â€“ i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance.”
“It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.”
“Many dog owners believe that as much as 60 percent of their pet's brain is set aside solely to demonstrate applications of the verb "to eat"-in both the active and passive forms.”
“Nothing says "deeply in mourning" like canapÃ©s and free beer.”
“The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.”
“Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy.”

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