ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.

Louisa May Alcott

Tag: patience ridicule self-denial

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So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists who make people stop and think, who push the form, who make you uncomfortable, who are laughable, well, they're the ones who get remembered." Idly, Jacob dug a hole in the snow with his shovel and then another one next to it. "So why wouldn't you want to join the ranks of the ridiculed?

Justina Chen

Tag: art artists ridicule laughable pushing-the-limits memorable-works

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Las Vegas se moque de tout. Chaque réalité, elle la tourne en dérision. Sans se soucier de l’histoire, elle broie tout évènement humain dans un chyme électrochimique et parodique qui le naisse absolument rien intact. Ce faisant, elle révèle la scène primitive de la société : l’impossibilité de croire en la vérité de l’autre. Elle fait d’autrui un parfait inconnu, puisque tout ce qui signale sa présence, la culture et la civilisation, est ici proprement ridiculisé. p12

Bruce Bégout

Tag: ridicule las-vegas autrui dérision

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The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren't so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of scrutiny that creative individuals tend to receive because they, like insanity, are the ones who feed off of opposition and negative feedback and manage to continue along with a healthy ambition. It is the crazy that teaches us to use our gifts wisely and own all the attackers.

Criss Jami

Tag: perception strength insanity persistence perspective confidence ambition creativity criticism perseverance opposition artist controversy rebellion gossip slander ridicule positivity libel scrutiny negativity

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There goes the girl with the wings," they say. "The damned dreamer with her eyes shut to the world."

"There goes the misguided soul with her heart buried in the ground."

They taunt. They lie. They lie. THEY LIE.

I don't pretend to understand life. THEY LIE.

Nadège Richards

Tag: life love lies dreams relationships dream prejudice judgement cruelty ridicule dreamer understanding-life cruelty-of-the-world

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I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

Dorothy Parker

Tag: weapon ridicule shield

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