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Source: The Other Name: Septology I-II

“God is so far away that no one can say anything about him and that’s why all ideas about God are wrong, and at the same time he is so close that we almost can’t notice him, because he is the foundation in a person, or the abyss, you can call it whatever you want,”

God Spirituality Knowing

Book:A New Name: Septology VI-VII

Source: A New Name: Septology VI-VII

“but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty”

Soul Sin Virtue Morality Angel Saint Ghost Purity Incompatibility Untainted

Book:A Shining

Source: A Shining

“and what the picture is in reality is this spirit, that’s what a picture really is, neither matter nor soul but both parts at the same time and together they make up what I think of as spirit, and maybe that’s why my good paintings, yes, all good paintings, have something to do with what I, what Christians, call The Holy Spirit, because all good art has this spirit, good pictures, good poems, good music, and what makes it good is not the material, not matter, and it’s not the content, the idea, the thought, no, what makes it good is just this unity of matter and form and soul that becomes spirit, that’s what culture is, probably, he says, it’s probably just one person being like another person that creates a culture, for example wearing a suit and tie, while what art is, yes, art is everyone just being like themselves, and totally themselves”

Art Soul Spirit Culture Identity Meaning

Book:Septology

Source: Septology

“...a person comes from God and goes back to God, I think, for the body is conceived and born, it grows and declines, it dies and vanishes, but the spirit is a unity of body and soul, the way form and content are an invisible unity in a good picture...”

Soul God Body Spirit Spirituality Unity Wholeness Being Origins

Book:I Is Another: Septology III-V

Source: I Is Another: Septology III-V

“...because if there was one thing he didn't like it was big words, they just lied and covered things up, those big words, they didn't let what really was live and breathe but just carried it off into something that wanted to be big, that's what he thought...”

Truth Words Big Words

Book:Aliss at the Fire

Source: Aliss at the Fire

“...everyone has a deep longing inside them, we always always long for something and we believe that what we long for is this or that, this person or that person, this thing or that thing, but actually we’re longing for God, because the human being is a continuous prayer, a person is a prayer through his or her longing...”

God Prayer Longing Meaning

Book:I Is Another: Septology III-V

Source: I Is Another: Septology III-V

“Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenías que desacostumbrarte a la vida, algo teníamos que hacer, dice Peter Conque es así, dice Johannes Así es, dice Peter”

Amistad

Book:Morgon og kveld

Source: Morgon og kveld

“Non si è amici necessariamente anche se non si è nemici (...) Non siamo né amici né nemici [p.19]”

Amicizia

Book:Caldo

Source: Caldo

“Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, ja das ist wohl auch irgendwie wirklich, ja man begreift es wohl auch irgendwie. Aber es hat doch nichts zu bedeuten.”

Wirklichkeit Realität Wahrnehmung

Book:A Shining

Source: A Shining

“...I just keep the mistakes and let them be wrong, because it’s often the mistakes that eventually lead to something right...”

Art Creation Painting Accidents Mistakes

Book:I Is Another: Septology III-V

Source: I Is Another: Septology III-V

“...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in it...”

Art Beauty Darkness Painting Aesthetics Pictures Of You

Author:Jon Fosse

Art Spirituality Beauty Darkness Painting Aesthetics

Book:The Other Name: Septology I-II

Source: The Other Name: Septology I-II

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