“Interruption, incoherence, surprise are the ordinary conditions of our life. They have even become real needs for many people, whose minds are no longer fed by anything but sudden changes and constantly renewed stimuli. We can no longer bear anything that lasts. We no longer know how to make boredom bear fruit. So the whole question comes down to this: can the human mind master what the human mind has made?” PeopleKnowsNeedsMindHumansMadeRealWholeLastsKnow HowOur LivesConditionsMastersBearsOrdinarySurpriseFruitBoredomFedsHuman MindStimulusInterruptionsIncoherenceSudden Change Author:Paul Valery
“We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.” NeedsLongLastsCourageWake Up Author:Paul Valery
“A work is never completed except by some accident such as weariness, satisfaction, the need to deliver, or death: for, in relation to who or what is making it, it can only be one stage in a series of inner transformations.” NeedsDeathStageRelationTransformationSeriesSatisfactionAccidentsWeariness Author:Paul Valery
“Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.” NeedsHandsHouseWaterSimpleEffortMovementResponseDisappearVisualsGasElectricityAuditoryMinimal Effort Author:Paul Valery
