#ow

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#forever #known #mind #paintings #seen

Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the music ends, the magic, the uplifting, vanishes and the window slams shut. Words, on the other hand, by the nature of how they work, emotions evoked by dint of carefully laid out thoughts, have a more lingering effect. ↗

— Yann Martel

#dint #duh #effect #emotions #ends

Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fiction #how #imagination #interpret #interpretation

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#constant #earth #exercise #exists #generosity

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. ↗

— Jose Marti

#against #benefit #either #his #interest

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. ↗

— Jose Marti

#despite #down #fair #hills #hinder

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ↗

— Jose Marti

#generate #light #like #men #others

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist. ↗

— Jose Marti

#driven #even #exist #flees #know

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you. ↗

— Jose Marti

#feels #freedom #know #liberty #like

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for! ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#during #fool #give #give me #i