#contradiction

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

#between #books #choose #contradiction #days

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#defeat #evolution #first #first step #formal

ART The world is full of confusion and contradiction. We cannot expect to do anything that is absolutely right. We can only measure rightness by the truth within ourselves. And our own truth will never be quite the same as somebody else's. I wish that I could touch you and be sure that it was the right thing to do. I only want to touch you briefly. Just once so that you will know. We are flesh and blood and full of faults. But we are also full of warmth. The world is full of confusion but there is compassion in its midst. communication via simple touch can transmit so much of us in just one minute. Like a painting or a piece of music. I want to touch your soul. I only wish I could be sure it was the right thing to do. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#compassion #confusion #contradiction #faults #music

Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

#contradiction #darwin #darwinism #deeper #development

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster. ↗

— Gary Numan

#away #contradictions #difficult #disaster #going

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore. ↗

— Evan Parker

#apparent #concern #contradictions #many #me

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language of image. It's a conscious embrace of a contradiction. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#commune #conscious #contradiction #embrace #felt

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#intelligence #military #military intelligence #terms

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#correcting #correction #criticism #inspirational #dreams

A king who’s innocent of the things of which he’s guilty? ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#humor #king #humor