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it is better to have red a great work of another culture in translation than never to have read it at all. ↗

— Henry Gratton Doyle

#don-quixote #great-novels-in-translation #the-art-of-translation #translation #translations

Uma obra crítica ou filosófica, que não se mantenha de alguma maneira numa relação essencial com a criação, está condenada a girar no vazio, do mesmo modo que uma obra de arte ou de poesia, que não contenha em si uma exigência crítica, está destinada ao esquecimento. ↗

— Giorgio Agamben

#crítica #filosofia #art

I'd much rather be hold up with a ball of yarn, tucked inside the safety of the house with my mother. Out there, you must come to grips with the rot and bone, bloom and disintegration. It's part of the world, this ruthlessness, this severed leg, this sun-bleached skull. I can't really stand it. All the signs point toward change, and all that means is death. - 140-141 ↗

— Robin Romm

#death-of-a-loved-one #grief #change

One thing that makes aikido is so powerful, it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight. ↗

— Toba Beta

#art-of-peace #fight #opponent #powerful #utilize

There's no way to force someone to be energized. However, you can remove roadblocks. ↗

— James Shore

#art

Just as writing can become calligraphy when it’s creatively, skillfully, and consciously performed, so can all other activities become art. In this case, we are reflecting upon life itself as an artistic statement—the art of living. ↗

— H.E. Davey

#art-of-living #calligraphy #creative #ki #meditation

Okay you found me out. Beyond without a doubt, your lie is safe with me. A friend, i'm sure you are. And on this day so far, I've fallen hundred see? ↗

— Tegan Quin

#goodbye #sara-quin #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #this-buisness-of-art

Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes works of art enduring. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#freedom #freedom-of-expression #art

Compared to art, all other professions are but chores. ↗

— T.L. Rese

#profession #work #art

Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#fallen-nations #futility #inevitability #knowledge #learning