"Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within."

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Source : "The Romantic Imagination: Literature and Art in England and Germany". Book by Fredrick Berwick, 1996.

Caspar David Friedrich

#Eye Quotes #Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.”
“Deciding what gets my time is very simple: I ask, What am I passionate about?”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”
“And in their motions harmony divine So smoothes her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.”
“Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard of the power of books, which may endure for generations.”

Source : Stanley Unwin (1926). “The truth about publishing. by Stanley Unwin ...”
“Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.”

Source : Song: Outside of a Small Circle of Friends, Album: Pleasures of the Harbor
“I established relationships with so many of those Iran students that went on for years.And they were so different from American students. They seemed to worship their teachers. The professors were major to them. They wanted to give gifts, and you'd have to say, oh, no, no, you can't do that.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!”

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