The very first thing that a writer has to face is that he can not be told what to write. Nobody asked me to be a writer. I chose to be a writer. The one thing you have to do is try to tell the truth. In order to do it, when the book comes… Continue reading The artist is not free to do what he wants to do
Tag: Quotes
From Flower to Flower
The world around you is beautiful because that's how you see it. And your vision is transmitted to others. Lilium candidum Linnaeus
there is no self
(Yidi)
“It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.”*
My father, lovingly, forced me to think but I am not a philosopher. During my upbringing I was taught to trust, believe. I do but filled with questions because I believe in the intellect which dwells on beauty and the ugly alike — perhaps the fruit of thinking. I surrender increasingly to the vibrancy of… Continue reading “It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.”*
“There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.”
John Cage, composer, born September 5 1912
Jorge Luis Borges walking
I walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arriveJorge Luis Borges, born on August 24 1899
Repetition, according to Karlheinz Stockhausen
Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.Karlheinz Stockhausen — German composer, born August 22 1928
In the words of Theodor W. Adorno
Intelligence is a moral category.Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) — thinker on social theory, aesthetics, musicology, epistemology
Madiba on Language
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.Nelson Mandela — born on a day like today, July 18 1918
Frida, in words
“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” “They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore....I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artistic' bitches of Paris.” “I wish I could do whatever… Continue reading Frida, in words
Saffron
Song of Solomon (4) 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon…
Hedonistic Pleasure
He is the true conqueror of pleasure, who can make use of it without being carried away by it, not he who abstains from it altogether.Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435 – c. 356 BC)
On Taste
On a superficial view, we may seem to differ very widely from each other in our reasonings, and no less in our pleasures: but notwithstanding this difference, which I think to be rather apparent than real, it is probable that the standard both of reason and Taste is the same in all human creatures. For… Continue reading On Taste
Handmade
People who are unable to use their hands skillfully for all kinds of work, will not become good thinkers and will behave awkwardly in life. It is not the head alone, but the whole human being that is a logician. Activities demanding manual and bodily skill, such as knitting, leads to the enhancement of the… Continue reading Handmade
Imaginative, True, Responsible Human
Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility— these three forces are the very nerve of educationRudolf Steiner (27 February 1861 - 30 March 1925)
Significance
On a hike in East Africa 2 million years ago, you might well have encountered a familiar cast of human characters: anxious mothers cuddling their babies and clutches of carefree children playing in the mud; temperamental youths chafing against the dictates of society and weary elders who just wanted to be left in peace; chest… Continue reading Significance
to be Louise Bourgeois
It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.Louise Bourgeois 1911-2010 I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands...Louise Bourgeois One must accept the fact that others don’t see what you do.Louise Bourgeois
Personal Lexicon — perfection
The most physically energizing, soulfully inspiring, and mentally exciting, is the life without aspiring perfection.Sila Blume
Personal Lexicon
I intend to inhale, apply, and exhale love as love is, not as we define it.Sila Blume
Celebration Day — twenty-eight
Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it.John Cage (1912-1992), US-American Composer
You have to believe in yourself…
You have to believe in yourself. If not, change profession.Rodion Shchedrin (*1932) in conversation with Martha Argerich in 2011, during a rehearsal of “Romantic Offering” — double concerto for piano, violoncello, and orchestra — with Argerich (piano), and Mischa Maisky (cello).
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