I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.
~ Henri-Louis Bergson
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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
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Society stands against anarchy; the artist stands for the human against society; society therefore threats him as an anarchist.
~ Mark Rothko
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It’s a life’s work to see yourself for what you really are and even then you might be wrong.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The aesthetic is the sine qua none for art: if a work is not aesthetic, it is not art by definition.
~ Mark Rothko
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A picture speaks 1000 words
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There’s no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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It’s easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way—not his way.
~ Mark Rothko
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
~ Cormac McCarthy
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