Do you have any idea how mad you sound?’
‘Indeed I do. I have in moments of doubt considered the question of my sanity.’ (...)
‘And?’
‘Then I consider what a piece of work is man. How defective in reason, how mean his facilities, how ugly in form and movement, in action how like a devil, in apprehension how like a cow. The beauty of the world? The paragon of animals? To me the quintessence of dust.
Tag: life doubt devil man men beauty world people sanity things action crazy mad true ugly question movement tomas insane last piece-of-work quintessence-of-dust idea four form apprehension cale consider indeed bosco facilities moments-of-doubt
The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept apart—idea of thing, reality of thing—the wider the width, the deeper the depth, the thicker and darker the darkness.
Jamaica KincaidTag: reality jamaica-kincaid england idea colonialism
I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top of a chimney. I know there's a house under there, and I'm pretty sure that I can dig it up if I want. That's how I feel. It's like the stories are already there. What they pay me for is the leap of faith that says: "If I sit down and do this, everything will come out OK.
Stephen KingTag: writing stories faith house desert creating idea chimney
...and what is a good weapon but a good idea made murderous flesh?
Paul HoffmanTag: flesh weapon idea paul-hoffman arm murderous thomas-cale
Les idées sont le contraire de la pensée.
Albert CamusPenser, c'est réapprendre à voir, à être attentif, c'est diriger sa conscience, c'est faire de chaque idée et de chaque image, à la façon de Proust, un lieu privilégié
Albert CamusTag: idea thinking-reason
c'est une vérité très certaine que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions, nous devons suivre les plus probables
partie 3, para 3)
Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.
Richard Paul EvansTag: inspiration ideas idea
I don't really ask myself too much where the ideas come from. When things touch you or anger you, you are moved to want to examine them, to reflect on them. But yes, I guess you could say ['Amour'] is a memento mori, though it would never occur to me to use that term, since it might sound a little bit sentimental.
Michael HanekeTag: idea
Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy."
[Harry Potter Beyond the Page: A Virtual Author Visit with J.K. Rowling (Scholastic / Stacks webcast, October 11, 2012)]
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