"It is often said that experiments should be made without preconceived ideas. That is impossible. Not only would it make every experiment fruitless, but even if we wished to do so, it could not be done. Every man has his own conception of the world, and this he cannot so easily lay aside. We must, example, use language, and our language is necessarily steeped in preconceived ideas. Only they are unconscious preconceived ideas, which are a thousand times the most dangerous of all."

Source : Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.192, Modern Library

Henri Poincare

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“Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.”
“Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?”

Source : Miriam Toews (2004). “A Complicated Kindness: A Novel”, A.A. Knopf Canada
“The structure of my novels has nothing to do with the narrative mode of cinema. My novels would be very difficult to film without ruining them completely. I think this is the area where writers need to place ourselves: from a position of absolute modernity and contemporaneity, creating a culture of objects which cinema cannot.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.”

Source : Black Power Address at UC Berkeley, delivered October 1966, Berkeley, CA
“Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.”
“What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?”

Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “Complete Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated Edition): Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun, The Dolliver Romance, Septimius Felton, Grimshawe's Secret and Biography”, p.1437, e-artnow
“Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.”
“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”

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