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(page 252 of 241)
"My photograph. It is not a photograph of me, but I am perhaps at
hand. It is an ass, taken from in front and close up, at the edge of
the ocean, it is not the ocean, but for me it is the ocean. They
naturally tried to make it raise its head, so that its beautiful eyes
might be impressed on the celluloid, but it holds it lowered. You
can tell by its ears that it is not pleased." — 13 hours, 20 min ago
"My photograph. It is not a photograph of me, but I am perhaps at
hand. It is an ass, taken from in front and close up, at the edge of
the ocean, it is not the ocean, but for me it is the ocean. They
naturally tried to make it raise its head, so that its beautiful eyes
might be impressed on the celluloid, but it holds it lowered. You
can tell by its ears that it is not pleased." — 13 hours, 20 min ago
progress:
(page 20 of 54)
"For an educated person’s ideas of Art are drawn naturally from what Art has been, whereas the new work of art is beautiful by being what Art has
never been; and to measure it by the standard of the past is ... A temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and
under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only
temperament that can appreciate a work of art." — Jul 22, 2024 02:36PM
"For an educated person’s ideas of Art are drawn naturally from what Art has been, whereas the new work of art is beautiful by being what Art has
never been; and to measure it by the standard of the past is ... A temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and
under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only
temperament that can appreciate a work of art." — Jul 22, 2024 02:36PM
progress:
(page 181 of 384)
"In order to avoid and conquer sin we need first of all to acknowledge that at the root of all sin lie bad thoughts.
We are all only the result of our thoughts.
— the Buddha" — Jul 21, 2024 02:37PM
"In order to avoid and conquer sin we need first of all to acknowledge that at the root of all sin lie bad thoughts.
We are all only the result of our thoughts.
— the Buddha" — Jul 21, 2024 02:37PM
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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