#tho

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? ↗

— Robert Fripp

#does #genius #many #music #musician

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language. ↗

— Max Frisch

#between #dealer #difference #horse #language

There is no art without Eros. ↗

— Max Frisch

#eros #without

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#effort #endless #ever #exhausts #greed

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#busy #communications #deal #dreams #great

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#more #only #than #those #truly

Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion which conversely made them think they could afford big arrogance and big greed over its resources. ↗

— Lynette Fromme

#always #arrogance #big #big enough #conversely

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#had #lie #long #long run #right

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. ↗

— Robert Frost

#forgive #forgive me #give me #i #me

They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true. ↗

— Robert Frost

#find #him #i #knew #me