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We were always loyal to lost causes...Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. ~ Professor MacHugh ↗


— James Joyce


#death

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗


— R. Alan Woods


#fulfilling-purpose #purpose-in-life #r-alan-woods #death

[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of others, of growing unproductively anxious or desirous, and of losing ourselves to vanity and error. Surreptitiously and beguilingly, then, with humour or gravity, works of art--novels, poems, plays, paintings or films--can function as vehicles to explain our condition to us. They may act as guides to a truer, more judicious, more intelligent understanding of the world. ↗


— Alain de Botton


#art #criticism #desire #films #gravity

She preferred the quiet solitary atmosphere, to create in her own world of paint and colour, the thrill of anticipating how her works would turn out as she eyed the blank sheets of paper or canvas before starting her next masterpiece. How satisfying it was to mess around in paint gear, without having to worry about spills, starch or frills, that was the life! ↗


— E.A. Bucchianeri


#artist #artistic #artists #artists-life #arts

I have no fear of after death life! Even if there is such thing, it is God who should be worried. I am sure I have good reasons to present but I am not sure he might have good excuses for his injustice. ↗


— M.F. Moonzajer


#injustice #death

Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy. ↗


— Max McKeown


#creativity #leadership #strategic #strategy #art

...Come on let’s see the degree.” Katherine unrolled her scroll displaying a long declaration in Latin affixed with a red seal proclaiming her a Master of Art. “Imagine working for years to obtain a piece of paper we can hardly read ” Katherine joked. “And to officially declare you have talent ” Suzy returned. ↗


— E.A. Bucchianeri


#college-degree #credentials #degree #funny #humor

I’m very headstrong. Once I’ve caught fire, there’s no dousing the flames—all engines full speed ahead. ↗


— Adachi Zenko


#culture #gardens #japan #art

The guillotine is the masterpiece of the plastic arts Its click Creates perpetual motion ("The Head") ↗


— Blaise Cendrars


#decapitation #guillotine #perpetual-motion #art

Good man and bad man with money goes a long ways." ~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗


— Amunhotep El Bey


#funny #funny-quotes #philosophical-quotations #philosophy #quote






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