"Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist."

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Leonard Baskin

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“If you devote yourself entirely to a pursuit, there is no way you cannot find beauty and fulfillment.”
“What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.”
“Life is so endlessly delicious”
“Love the life you have been given. And be humbled by it. It is not to be despised.”
“Our love can't be measured. It just is.”
“I am just a normal human being - I am alive! Why is anyone surprised that I am human? Like many New Yorkers, I have a multifaceted life.”
“I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.”
“I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to know, unseeing and unknowing, that which lies beyond all vision and knowledge. For this would be really to see and to know: to praise the Transcendent One in a transcending way... We would be like sculptors who set out to carve a statue. They remove every obstacle to the pure view of the hidden image, and simply by the act of clearing aside they show up the beauty which is hidden.”

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