For the more a man limits himsef

«For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless» 

Stefan Zweig

Cannibals prefer those

«Cannibals prefer those who have no spines..» 

Stanislaw Lem

We must cultivate all of us

«We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable» 

J. M. Coetzee

Cruelty signifies rigor

«Cruelty signifies rigor, implacable intention and decision, irreversible and absolute determination»

Antonin Artaud 

Everyday objects

«Everyday objects shriek aloud» 

René Magritte

The more unknowable the mystery

«The more unknowable the mystery, the more beautiful it is» 

David Lynch

La vieillesse n'est autre chose que la privation

«La vieillesse n'est autre chose que la privation de folie, l'absence d'illusions et de passion»

Stendhal

Whatever advice you give

 

«Whatever advice you give, be short» 

Horace

Life's too short to deal

«Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities» 

Anthony Hopkins

Translation is that which transforms

«Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes» 

Gunter Grass

Clever people master life; the wise

«Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties»

Emil Nolde

The breaking of a wave

«The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea» 

Vladimir Nabokov

When there are no consequences

«When there are no consequences, being wrong is simply a diversion»

Ian Mcewan

What is straight?

«What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains» 

Tennessee Williams

If you could say it in words

«If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint»

Edward Hopper

Our lifelong certainties

«Our lifelong certainties about the world can be demolished in a single second» 

Paul Auster

It is not the answer

«It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question»

Eugene Ionesco

There are person who, when they cease to shock us

«There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us»

F. H. Bradley

Communication is mutual feeling ..., not...

«Communication is mutual feeling with someone, not a didactic process of information»

Robert Creeley

A harmful truth

«A harmful truth is better than a useful lie»

Thomas Mann

Silence hides nothing

«Silence hides nothing. Words conceal» 

August Strindberg

Between too early and too late

Franz Werfel

«Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment»